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And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be
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What will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
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And how would you know what is the Day of Judgment?

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Arabic   
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا یَوۡمُ ٱلدِّینِ ۝١٧
Transliteration (2021)   
wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīn
Word for Word
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And what can make you know what (is the) Day (of) the Judgment?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be
M. M. Pickthall   
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
What will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
Safi Kaskas   
And how would you know what is the Day of Judgment?
Wahiduddin Khan   
What will make you realize what the Day of Judgement will be
Shakir   
And what will make you realize what the day of judgement is
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And what will cause thee to recognize what the Day of Judgment is?
T.B.Irving   
What will make you realize what the Day for Repayment is?
Abdul Hye   
And what will make you know what the Day of the recompense is?
The Study Quran   
And what will apprise thee of the Day of Judgment
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
What will make you understand what the Day of Recompense is?
Talal Itani (2012)   
But what will convey to you what the Day of Justice is
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And what did make you know what the Day of Judgment (is)
M. Farook Malik   
What will explain to you what the Day of Judgment is
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And what makes you realize what the Day of Doom is
Muhammad Sarwar   
They will never be able to escape from it. Would that you knew what the Day of Judgment is
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And what may let you know what the Day of Requital is
Shabbir Ahmed   
And what will enlighten you about the Day of Judgment
Dr. Munir Munshey   
What can make you grasp the reality of the Day of Judgment
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And what will explain to you what the Day of Judgment is
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And do you know what is the Day of recompense
Abdel Haleem   
What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And what shall make thee know whatsoever the Day of Requital is
Ahmed Ali   
How can you comprehend what the Day of Judgement is
Aisha Bewley   
What will convey to you what the Day of Judgement is?
Ali Ünal   
What enables you to perceive what the Day of Judgment is
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And what will show you what is the Day of Retribution
Hamid S. Aziz   
And what will convey unto you what the Day of Judgment is
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And how would you know what the Judgment Day is?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And what will explain to you what the Day of Accountability is
Musharraf Hussain   
What can explain to you the reality of the Day of Judgement?
Maududi   
What do you know what the Day of Recompense is
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Anddo you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Mohammad Shafi   
And what do you understand what the Day of Judgment is

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And what you know, what the Day of Judgement is'.
Rashad Khalifa   
Awesome is the Day of Judgment
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
What could let you know what the Day of Recompense is
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And what will make thee realize what the day of Judgment is
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
And what made you know/informed you what (is) the Judgment Day/Resurrection Day
Bijan Moeinian   
No word can explain how awesome the Day of Judgment is
Faridul Haque   
And what do you know – of what sort is the Day of Justice
Sher Ali   
And what should make thee know what the Day of Judgment is
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And what have you made out what the Day of Recompense is
Amatul Rahman Omar   
What should make you know what the Day of Requital is
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
And what shall teach thee what is the Day of Doom
George Sale   
What shall cause thee to understand what the day of judgment is
Edward Henry Palmer   
And what shall make thee know what is the judgment day
John Medows Rodwell   
Who shall teach thee what the day of doom is
N J Dawood (2014)   
Would that you knew what the Day of Judgement is!

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
And what tells you about what is the day of recompense?
Munir Mezyed   
And what will make you know exactly what the Day of Doom is?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
And how do you know what the day of repayment is?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
What can explain to you what the Day of Judgment is?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
But what can make yousg realize what the Day of Recompense is?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
What will make you realize what the Day for Repayment is?
Samy Mahdy   
And what cognizes you of what is The Religion Day?
Sayyid Qutb   
Would that you knew what the Day of Judgement is!
Ahmed Hulusi   
Do you know what the Day of Religion is?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"Oh, what can make you understand what the Day of Judgement is?"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And what makes you know what the Day of Reckoning is
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
You just do not know what the Day of Judgement is like
Mir Aneesuddin   
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And what can make you know what (is the) Day (of) the Judgment
OLD Transliteration   
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni