Surah An-Nahl — Verse 117

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مَتَـٰعٌ قَلِيلٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

MataAAun qaleelun walahum AAathabunaleem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

they may have a little enjoyment, but painful punishment awaits them.

Marmaduke Pickthall

A brief enjoyment (will be theirs); and theirs a painful doom.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(In such falsehood) is but a paltry profit; but they will have a most grievous Penalty.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(Let there be) a little enjoyment, and (then) for them there is a painful punishment.

Al-Hilali & Khan

A passing brief enjoyment (will be theirs), but they will have a painful torment.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Brief is their enjoyment of the world, and thereafter they shall suffer a painful chastisement.