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90:14
او اطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة ١٤
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ١٤
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or to give food in times of famine
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ إِطۡعَامٌ
fakku raqabatin aw iṭʿāmun
“(It is) to free a slave, or feed”
In this reading, the two actions are expressed as verbal nouns.
فَكَّ رَقَبَةً أَوْ أَطۡعَمَ
fakka raqabatan aw aṭʿama
“He freed a slave, or fed”
In this reading, perfect verbs are used, conjugated for the human being mentioned before.

Explanation

These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways [al-Mahdawi].

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— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran