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Muhammad Asad   
And what could make thee conceive what hell-fire is
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And how would you know what is Saqar?

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Arabic   
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ۝٢٧
Transliteration (2021)   
wamā adrāka mā saqar
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
And what can make you know what (is) Hell?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
And what could make thee conceive what hell-fire is
M. M. Pickthall   
- Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And what will make you realize what Hell is?
Safi Kaskas   
And how would you know what is Saqar?
Wahiduddin Khan   
What could make you conceive what hell-fire is
Shakir   
And what will make you realize what hell is
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And how will thee recognize what Saqar is?
T.B.Irving   
What will make you realize what scorching is?
Abdul Hye   
And what will make you know exactly what hellfire is?
The Study Quran   
And what will apprise thee of Saqar
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
But what will make you understand what Saqar is?
Talal Itani (2012)   
But what will explain to you what Saqar is
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And what made you realise what (is meant by) Saqar
M. Farook Malik   
What will make you understand, what Saqar is
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And what makes you realize what Saqar is
Muhammad Sarwar   
Would that you really knew what hell is
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And what can let you know what Saqar is
Shabbir Ahmed   
Ah, what will convey unto you what Saqar is
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And what do you think the scorcher is
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And what will explain to you what is the Fire of Hell
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And what can make you know what is Saqar
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
And do you know what is the scorching heat?
Abdel Haleem   
What will explain to you what the scorching Fire is
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And what knoweth thou that which the Scorching Fire
Ahmed Ali   
What do you think Hell-fire is
Aisha Bewley   
What will convey to you what Saqar is?
Ali Ünal   
What enables you to perceive what that pit is
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And what will show you what is Saqar
Hamid S. Aziz   
And what will make you understand what the burning (Hell-fire) is
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And how would you know what hell is?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And what will explain to you what hellfire is
Musharraf Hussain   
What will explain to you the Hellfire?
Maududi   
And what do you know what Hell is
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And do you know what is the scorching heat?
Mohammad Shafi   
And what do you know what Hell is

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And what did you know what the hell is?
Rashad Khalifa   
What retribution!
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
What will let you know what the Scorching is like
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And what will make thee realize what hell is
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And what makes you know what Hell (is)
Bijan Moeinian   
Do you have the least idea what Hellfire is
Faridul Haque   
And what have you understood, what hell is
Sher Ali   
And what will make thee know what Hell-fire is
Edip Yuksel   
Do you know what Saqar is?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And who has told you what Saqar (the Fire of Hell) is
Amatul Rahman Omar   
How should you realize what the Hell- fire is
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and what will teach thee what is Sakar
George Sale   
And what shall make thee to understand what hell is
Edward Henry Palmer   
and what shall make thee know what hell-fire is
John Medows Rodwell   
And who shall teach thee what Hell-fire is
N J Dawood (2014)   
Would that you knew what the Fire is like

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And what do you know about what Saqar [a fire that cuts to pieces] is?
Munir Mezyed   
And what will make you know exactly what Gehenna is?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And how do you know what fire it is?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
What will explain to you what Hell is?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
But what can make yousg realize what Saqar is?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
What will make you realize what scorching is?
Samy Mahdy   
And what cognizes you, what is Saqar?
Ahmed Hulusi   
And what informs you of Saqar?
Mir Aneesuddin   
And what will make you realize what hell is?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
and you just do not know what "Saqar" is like
The Wise Quran   
And what will make you know what Hell is?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And what can make you know what (is) Hell
OLD Transliteration   
Wama adraka ma saqaru