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And what could make thee conceive what that mode most lofty will be
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and what will make you realize what ’Illiyûn is?—
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And how would you know what is Illiyyun?

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Arabic   
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّون
Transliteration (2021)   
wamā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūn
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
And what can make you know what (is) Illiyun?

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
And what could make thee conceive what that mode most lofty will be
M. M. Pickthall   
Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is!
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
and what will make you realize what ’Illiyûn is?—
Safi Kaskas   
And how would you know what is Illiyyun?
Wahiduddin Khan   
and what will make you understand what the Illiyyin is
Shakir   
And what will make you know what the highest Iliyin is
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And what will cause thee to recognize what Illiyyun is?
T.B.Irving   
What will make you realize what the Highest [Heavens] are?
Abdul Hye   
and what will make you know what Illiyun is?
The Study Quran   
And what will apprise thee of ?Illiyyun
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And what made you realise what ‘Iliyyun is
Farook Malik   
and what will explain to you, what the `Illiyeen is
Talal A. Itani (new translation)   
But how can you know what Elliyyoon is
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And what makes you realize what cIlliyyin is
Muhammad Sarwar   
Would that you knew what Illiyin is
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
And what may let you know what ‘Illiyyun is
Shabbir Ahmed   
Ah! What will convey to you what 'Illiyin' is
Dr. Munir Munshey   
And how would you know what ´Illiyeen´ is
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
And What will explain to you what the register (‘Illiyyun) of the Supreme is
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And do you know what is Elliyee
Abdel Haleem   
what will explain to you what 'Illiyyin is?–&ndash
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
And what will make thee know whatsoever the record in Illiyun is
Ahmed Ali   
But how will you comprehend what 'Illiyun is
Aisha Bewley   
And what will convey to you what ´Illiyun is?
Ali Ünal   
What enables you to perceive what ‘illiyyin is
Ali Quli Qara'i   
And what will show you what is 'Illiyun
Hamid S. Aziz   
And what will explain to you what Iliyin is
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And do you know what Illiyin is
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
And what will explain to you what illiyin is
Musharraf Hussain   
What can explain ‘Illiyeen to you?
Maududi   
And what do you know what the Record of the exalted ones is
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
Anddo you know what is 'Elliyeen?'
Mohammad Shafi   
And what do you understand what Illiyyoon is

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
And what do you know, what Illiyyin is?
Rashad Khalifa   
Do you know what `Elleyyeen is
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
What could let you know what the 'Illiyoon is
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
And what will make thee know what the highest places are
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira   
And what made you know/informed you what (is) Eley'yoon/highest places
Bijan Moeinian   
You may ask what “Elliyin” is
Faridul Haque   
And what do you know what the Illiyoon are
Sher Ali   
And what should make thee know what `Illiyyun is
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
And what do you know what ‘Illiyyin is
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And what should make you know what `Illiyyun is
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And what will make you know what Illiyyoon is

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and what shall teach thee what is Illiyun
George Sale   
And what shall cause thee to understand what Illiyyun is
Edward Henry Palmer   
and what shall make thee know what Illiyun is
John Medows Rodwell   
And who shall make thee understand what Illiyoun is
N J Dawood (2014)   
Would that you knew what ‘Illiyyūn is

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
What will explain to you what the Honor Roll is?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
What will make you realize what the Highest [Heavens] are?
Sayyid Qutb   
Would that you knew what `Illiyūn is!
Ahmed Hulusi   
And what informs you of the iliyyun?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
And what can make you understand what ?Ill?y?n is
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
And what explains to thee what `Illiyin` is
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim   
You just do not know what 'Elliyeen is like
Mir Aneesuddin   
and what will make you realize what Illiyun is ?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And what can make you know what (is) Illiyun