سورة البلد، الآية ١٢
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ١٢
wamā adrāka mā l-ʿaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Verse 12 of Surah Al-Balad (90:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 594 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
80 recitations by 74 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
O Messenger! Do you know what the valley is that he has to cross, in order to enter Paradise?
and how do you know what the steep path is?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what makes you realize what the uneven track is?
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ
And what can make you know what is Saqar?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ
And what can make you know what is sijjeen?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ
And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
