And how can you know that he might become pure

﴿وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ﴾
[عَبَسَ: 3]

﴿وما يدريك لعله يزكى﴾ [عَبَسَ: 3]

Shabbir Ahmed
How could you know that he might have grown in goodness

Syed Vickar Ahamed
But what could tell you (O Prophet) but that he (the blind man) might by chance grow (in his understanding)

Talal A Itani New Translation
But how do you know? Perhaps he was seeking to purify himself

Talal Itani
But how do you know? Perhaps he was seeking to purify himself

Tbirving
What will make you realize that he may [yet] be purified (of disbelief)

The Monotheist Group Edition
And what makes you know, perhaps he is seeking to purify

The Study Quran
And what would apprise thee? Perhaps he would purify himself

Umm Muhammad
But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified

Wahiduddin Khan
for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself

Yusuf Ali Orig
But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)

And how can you know that he might become pure 80:3 English_Arabic translation