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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ۝٣
Sentence structure
وَ resumes. First interrogative مَآ is followed by Form IV أَدْرَىٰكَ, whose attached كَ is object. The second مَا introduces the object-question مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ.

Ayah summary
The full horror of that event is beyond human estimation.

وَمَآ — And what
Grammar: وَ resumes and مَآ is interrogative.

أَدْرَىٰكَ — could make you know
Grammar: A Form IV third-person masculine-singular perfect whose subject is the hidden pronoun «هُوَ»; attached كَ is its object.

مَا — what
Grammar: An interrogative noun introducing the object-question of أَدْرَىٰ.

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ — the Striking Calamity
Grammar: A defined feminine nominative noun completing the interrogative expression.

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Surah Al-Qari‘ah · Ayah 3

Surah Al-Qari‘ah — Part 1

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ۝٣
Sentence structure
وَ resumes. First interrogative مَآ is followed by Form IV أَدْرَىٰكَ, whose attached كَ is object. The second مَا introduces the object-question مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ.

Ayah summary
The full horror of that event is beyond human estimation.

وَمَآ — And what
Grammar: وَ resumes and مَآ is interrogative.

أَدْرَىٰكَ — could make you know
Grammar: A Form IV third-person masculine-singular perfect whose subject is the hidden pronoun «هُوَ»; attached كَ is its object.

مَا — what
Grammar: An interrogative noun introducing the object-question of أَدْرَىٰ.

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ — the Striking Calamity
Grammar: A defined feminine nominative noun completing the interrogative expression.