Quran Ayah al-Humazah (The Traducer, The Gossipmonger, The Slanderer) 104:5 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

And what could make thee conceive what that crushing torment will be

Arthur John Arberry

and what shall teach thee what is the Crusher

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces

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Arabic

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ

Arabic

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحُطَمَةُ

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wamā adrāka mā l-ḥuṭamatu

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And what will make you realize what the Crusher is

Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And what will make you know what the Crusher (is)?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

And what could make thee conceive what that crushing torment will be

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces

M. M. Pickthall

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

And what will make you realize what the Crusher is?

Wahiduddin Khan

Would that you understood what that crushing torment is like

Safi Kaskas

And what will convey to you what is the Crusher?

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And what will cause thee to recognize what the Crusher is?

T.B.Irving

What will make you realize what the Bonecrusher is?

Shakir

And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is

Abdul Hye

What will make you know what the crushing fire is?

Saeed Malik

And what defined to you what the Huṭama is?

The Study Quran

And what shall apprise thee of the crushing Fire

Talal Itani (2012)

And what will make you realize what the Crusher is

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

What will make you realize what the Crusher is?

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And do you know what is the Destroyer?

M. Farook Malik

What will make you understand what Hotamah is

Dr. Kamal Omar

And what made you realise what Al-Hutamatah is

Dr. Munir Munshey

And what do you suppose is the ´Wrecker´

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And what will explain to you that which breaks to Pieces

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And what can make you know what is the Crusher

Muhammad Sarwar

Would that you knew what hutamah is

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And what may let you know what the Crushing Fire is

Shabbir Ahmed

Ah, what will convey to you what the Shredder is

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And what makes you realize what the Crusher is

Hamid S. Aziz

Ah, what shall make you understand what El´Hutamah is

Abdel Haleem

What will explain to you what the Crusher is

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And what shall make thee know that which the Crushing Fire is

Ahmed Ali

How will you comprehend what Hutama is

Aisha Bewley

And what will convey to you what the Shatterer is?

Ali Ünal

What enables you to perceive the Consuming Disaster

Ali Quli Qara'i

And what will show you what is the Crusher

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And what will explain to you about that which breaks into pieces

Musharraf Hussain

And what can explain to you what the Crusher is?

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

And how would you know what the crushing fire is?

Maududi

And what do you know what the Crusher is

Mohammad Shafi

And what do you know what the Crushing Disaster is

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And what made you known what is the crusher?

Rashad Khalifa

Do you know what the Devastator is

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

What shall let you know what the Crusher is

Faridul Haque

And what have you understood what the Crushing One is

Bijan Moeinian

If you knew what the crushing Fire is

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And what will make thee realize what the crushing disaster is

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And what made you know/informed you what the intense fire/Hell (is)

Sher Ali

And what should make thee know what the crushing torment is

Edip Yuksel

Do you know what the Hutama is?

Amatul Rahman Omar

And what should make you know what the crushing torment is

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And what will make you understand what al-Hutama (the crushing up Fire) is

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

Would that you knew what the Destroying Flame is like

Arthur John Arberry

and what shall teach thee what is the Crusher

Edward Henry Palmer

And what shall make thee understand what ElHutamah is?

George Sale

And what shall cause thee to understand what al Hotama is

John Medows Rodwell

And who shall teach thee what the Crushing Fire is

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

And (Wa) what (Maa) will make you (s) know (Ad'raa-ka) what (Maa) is the debris (El'Hutoma')?

Fode Drame

And what do you know about what Hutamah is?

Munir Mezyed

And what will make you know exactly what the Crusher is?

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And how do you know what the shredder is?

Linda “iLHam” Barto

What will explain to you the crusher?

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

And what can make you realize what the Crusher is?

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

What will make you realize what the Bonecrusher is?

Samy Mahdy

And what cognizes you, what the Crusher is?

Sayyid Qutb

Would that you know what the crushing one is

Ali Quli Qarai

And what will show you what is the Crusher?

Thomas Cleary

And what will convey to you what the Shattering is?

Ahmed Hulusi

And what informs you of the Crusher?

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And what will make you know what Al-Hutamah is

A. S. Mohamed

And how would you know what the Destroyer is?

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

And what can teach you what the Crushing One is

Mir Aneesuddin

And what will make you realize what the crushing one is?

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

You just do not know what the Hutama is like

The Wise Quran Project

And what will make you know what the Crusher is?

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And do you know what is the Destroyer?

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And do you know what is the Destroye

OLD Literal Word for Word

And what will make you know what the Crusher (is)

OLD Transliteration

Wama adraka ma alhutamatu

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