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An-Nahl 117

Ayah 117 of 128 · Meccan

مَتَٰعٞ قَلِيلٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١١٧

[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَتَٰعٞAn enjoymentmatāʿun
  2. قَلِيلٞlittleqalīlun
  3. وَلَهُمۡand for themwalahum
  4. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  5. أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

They will have a brief and insignificant enjoyment by following their desires in the world and on the Day of Judgment they will receive a painful punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran