Tafseer of The City · Al-Balad · 90:15
An orphan of near relationship
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And His statement: يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ("an orphan who is a relative") means: or, on a day of famine, he feeds a small child who has no father, from among his kin, and that is the orphan who is a relative. And by "who is a relative" (dhā maqraba) is meant: one who is of his blood relations (dhā qarāba).
As Yūnus related to me, saying: Ibn Wahb informed us, saying: Ibn Zayd said concerning His word: يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ("an orphan who is a relative"), he said: one who is a blood relation.
