ٱلْبَلَد : ١٢

  • وَمَآ And what
  • أَدۡرَىٰكَ can make you know
  • مَا what
  • ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ the steep path is
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will show you, [what will] make known to you, what the obstacle is?, that he is to surmount - intended to emphasise its enormity (this statement is a parenthetical one). He explains the way to surmount it by saying: