Quran 16:55 — An-Nahl, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Let them show ingratitude for the favours We have shown them; ‘Enjoy your brief time- soon you will know.’
لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
liyakfurū bimā ātaynāhum fatamattaʿū fasawfa taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that they may show unthankfulness for that We have given them. So take your joy; certainly you will soon know!
- Muhammad Asad
- [as if] to prove their ingratitude for all that We have granted them! Enjoy, then, your [brief] life: but in time you will come to know [the truth]!
- Sahih International
- So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِيَكْفُرُوا۟liyakfurū | So as to deny | كفر |
| 2 | بِمَآbimā | that which | — |
| 3 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ۚātaynāhum | We have given them | أتي |
| 4 | فَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ ۖfatamattaʿū | Then enjoy yourselves | متع |
| 5 | فَسَوْفَfasawfa | soon | — |
| 6 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | you will know | علم |