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.