← Surah 90

90:12

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

Word by word

وَمَآ
And what
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPrepositionconjunction، prefix
مَآNouninterrogative
أَدْرَىٰكَ
can make you know
Verb
Root: دري
Grammar (i'rab)
أَدْرَىٰVerbperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
كَNounpronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
مَا
what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNouninterrogative
ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
the steep path (is)
Noun
Root: عقب
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPrepositiondefinite، prefix
عَقَبَةُNounfeminine، nominative

Translation

EN

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

What will explain to you what the steep path is?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

O zor geçidin ne olduğunu sen bilir misin?

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Bildin mi sen, o sarp yokuş nedir?

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

O ‘sarp yokuş’un ne olduğunu sana bildiren ne olabilir ki!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وأيُّ شيء أعلمك: ما مشقة الآخرة، وما يعين على تجاوزها؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution