# “And what will make thee know…”

> Thirteen verses that stop, ask whether the reader knows what a thing is, and then say.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/topics/what-will-make-thee-know
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The formula is wa-mā adrāka mā, “and what will make thee know what … is”. It appears in 13 verses and never asks about anything a person could have known.

What it asks about: the Inevitable Reality (69:3), Saqar (74:27), the Day of Judgment (77:14, 82:17, 82:18), Sijjīn (83:8), ʿIlliyyūn (83:19), the night comer (86:2), the steep path (90:12), the Night of Decree (97:2), the Striking Calamity (101:3, 101:10), and the Crusher (104:5).

Every one of them sits in a short sūra near the end of the muṣḥaf, and in nearly every case the answer follows immediately. The question is not a delay. It is a way of saying that the name alone will not carry the thing.

## How this list was made

Every verse containing the word أَدْرَىٰكَ (adrāka), in muṣḥaf order.

## 13 verses

### Al-Haqqah 69:3

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-3

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْحَٓاقَّةُۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma alhaqqa

And what will convey to thee what the Inevitable Reality is?

### Al-Muddaththir 74:27

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-27

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا سَقَرُۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma saqar

And what will convey to thee what Saqar is?

### Al-Mursalat 77:14

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-mursalat/verse-14

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma yawmualfasl

And what will convey to thee what the Day of Decision is?

### Al-Infitar 82:17

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-infitar/verse-17

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدّ۪ينِۙ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma yawmu addeeni

And what will convey to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

### Al-Infitar 82:18

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-infitar/verse-18

**Arabic:** ثُمَّ مَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدّ۪ينِۜ

**Transcription:** Thumma ma adraka mayawmu addeen

Then what will convey to thee what the Day of Judgment is! —

### Al-Mutaffifin 83:8

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-8

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا سِجّ۪ينٌۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma sijjeen

And what will convey to thee what Sijjīn is?

### Al-Mutaffifin 83:19

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-19

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka maAAilliyyoon

And what will convey to thee what ʿIlliyyūn is?

### At-Tariq 86:2

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-at-tariq/verse-2

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الطَّارِقُۙ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma attariq

And what will convey to thee what the night-comer is?

### Al-Balad 90:12

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-12

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka maalAAaqaba

And what will convey to thee what the steep path is?

### Al-Qadr 97:2

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-qadr/verse-2

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma laylatualqadr

And what will convey to thee what the Night of Determination is?

### Al-Qari'ah 101:3

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-qariah/verse-3

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma alqariAAa

And what will convey to thee what the Calamity is?

### Al-Qari'ah 101:10

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-qariah/verse-10

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا هِيَهْۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma hiya

And what will convey to thee what it is?

### Al-Humazah 104:5

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-humazah/verse-5

**Arabic:** وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُۜ

**Transcription:** Wama adraka ma alhutama

And what will convey to thee what the Crusher is?

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