80:3

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Word by word

وَمَا

But what

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

وَPreposition — resumption، prefix

مَاNoun — interrogative

يُدْرِيكَ

would make you know

Verb

Grammar (i'rab)

يُدْرِيVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.

كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.

لَعَلَّهُۥ

that he might

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

لَعَلَّPreposition — accusative

هُۥNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.

يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

purify himself

Verb

Grammar (i'rab)

يَزَّكَّىٰٓVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.

But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

for all you know, he might have grown in spirit,

What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

Ne bilirsin, belki de o arınacak;

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Ne bilirsin, belki o temizlenecek?

O (azgın Mekkeli)nin arınacağını veya (gerçeği) hatırlayıp bunun ona yarar sağlayacağını sana bildirecek olan ne olabilir ki!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

وأيُّ شيء يجعلك عالمًا بحقيقة أمره؟ لعله بسؤاله تزكو نفسه وتطهر، أو يحصل له المزيد من الاعتبار والازدجار.