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quran:83:19 –

And what can make you know what is 'illiyyun?  

and what will tell you, ˹what will˺ inform you, what ‘Illiyyūn is?, what the book of ‘Illiyyūn is.
القرآن:٨٣:١٩ –

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ  

{وما أدراك} أعلمك {ما عليون} ما كتاب عليين.

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quran:69:3 –

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?  

And how would you know what the Reality is? (˹repeated as˺ an extra emphasis of its enormity; the first mā ˹of the previous verse˺ is the subject, the second one, its predicate; the second mā and its predicate also function as the second direct object of ˹the verb˺ ‘knowing’).
القرآن:٦٩:٣ –

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْحَاقَّةُ  

{وما أدراك} أعلمك {ما الحاقة} زيادة تعظيم لشأنها، فما الأولى مبتدأ وما بعدها خبره، وما الثانية وخبرها في محل المفعول الثاني لأدرى.
quran:90:12 –

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:
القرآن:٩٠:١٢ –

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ  

{وما أدراك} أعلمك {ما العقبة} التي يقتحمها تعظيما لشأنها، والجملة اعتراض وبين سبب جوازها بقوله:
quran:86:2 –

And what can make you know what is the night comer?  

And what will tell you what the night-visitor is? (mā’l-tāriq is a subject and predicate, standing as the second object of ˹the verb˺ adrā, ‘tell’; and what comes after the first mā, ‘what’, is the predicate thereof ˹of this first mā˺) — this ˹statement˺ emphasises the magnificence of the ‘night-visitor’, which is explained in what follows. It is:
القرآن:٨٦:٢ –

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ  

{وما أدراك} أعلمك {ما الطارق} مبتدأ وخبر في محل المفعول الثاني لأدرى وما بعد الأولى خبرها وفيه تعظيم لشأن الطارق المفسر بما بعده هو.
quran:101:3 –

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?  

And what will show you, ˹what˺ will make known to you, what the Clattering Blow is? — additional emphasis of its awesomeness (the first mā is a subject, and what follows it is its predicate; the second mā and its predicate also function together as the second direct object of ˹the verb˺ adrā, ‘show’).
القرآن:١٠١:٣ –

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ  

{وما أدراك} أعلمك {ما القارعة} زيادة تهويل لها وما الأولى مبتدأ وما بعدها خبره وما الثانية وخبرها في محل المفعول الثاني لأدرى.
quran:77:14 –

And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?  

And how would you know what the Day of Decision is? — emphasising the enormity of its terror.
القرآن:٧٧:١٤ –

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ  

{وما أدراك ما يوم الفصل} تهويل لشأنه.