Surah 'Abasa — Verse 3

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وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

for all you know, he might have grown in spirit,

Marmaduke Pickthall

What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?-

Mufti Taqi Usmani

What could tell you (O prophet about the prospects of the blind man?) May be, (if you had attended him properly,) he would have attained purity,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity,

Rowwad · source edition

How would you know? Perhaps he might be purified[2],

Notes

[2] Through the knowledge he learns from you.

Noor International · source edition

(3) But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified[1854]

Notes

[1854]- As a result of what he learns from you.