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Arabic   
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ۝٥
Transliteration (2021)   
wamā adrāka mā l-ḥuṭamat
Word for Word
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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
M. M. Pickthall   
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
And what will make you realize what the Crusher is?
Safi Kaskas   
And what will convey to you what is the Crusher?
Wahiduddin Khan   
Would that you understood what that crushing torment is like
Shakir   
And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is
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?
Abdul Hye   
What will make you know what the crushing fire is?
The Study Quran   
And what shall apprise thee of the crushing Fire
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
And what can make you know what the Shatterer is?
Talal Itani (2012)   
And what will make you realize what the Crusher is
Dr. Kamal Omar   
And what made you realise what Al-Hutamatah is
M. Farook Malik   
What will make you understand what Hotamah is
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
And what makes you realize what the Crusher is
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
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
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
And do you know what is the Destroye
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
Hamid S. Aziz   
Ah, what shall make you understand what El´Hutamah is
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
And how would you know what the crushing fire is?
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?
Maududi   
And what do you know what the Crusher is
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
And do you know what is the Destroyer?
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
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)
Bijan Moeinian   
If you knew what the crushing Fire is
Faridul Haque   
And what have you understood what the Crushing One is
Sher Ali   
And what should make thee 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
Amatul Rahman Omar   
And what should make you know what the crushing torment is
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
and what shall teach thee what is the Crusher
George Sale   
And what shall cause thee to understand what al Hotama is
Edward Henry Palmer   
And what shall make thee understand what ElHutamah is?
John Medows Rodwell   
And who shall teach thee what the Crushing Fire is
N J Dawood (2014)   
Would that you knew what the Destroying Flame is like

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
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?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
And what can make you realize what the Crusher is?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
What will explain to you the crusher?
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
Thomas Cleary   
And what will convey to you what the Shattering is?
Ahmed Hulusi   
And what informs you of the Crusher?
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
And what can teach you what the Crushing One is
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
You just do not know what the Hutama is like
Mir Aneesuddin   
And what will make you realize what the crushing one is?

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces
OLD Literal Word for Word   
And what will make you know what the Crusher (is)
OLD Transliteration   
Wama adraka ma alhutamatu