Quran 90:12 — Al-Balad, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What will explain to you what the steep path is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
wamā adrāka mā l-ʿaqabatu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and what shall teach thee what is the steep?
- Muhammad Asad
- And what could make thee conceive what it is, that steep uphill road?
- Sahih International
- And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And what | — |
| 2 | أَدْرَىٰكَadrāka | can make you know | دري |
| 3 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 4 | ٱلْعَقَبَةُl-ʿaqabatu | the steep path (is) | عقب |