وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
wamā adrāka mā l-ʿaqabatu
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Al-Balad · verse 12 of 20
Surah Al-Balad, verse 12
Word by word
4 words1وَمَآwamāAnd what
2أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
3مَاmāwhat
4ٱلْعَقَبَةُl-ʿaqabatuthe steep path (is)
About this verse
In context
Read the whole surahوَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger