Quran 3:197 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 197
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
this is only a brief enjoyment, after which Hell will be their home- a miserable resting place!
مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ
matāʿun qalīlun thumma mawāhum jahannamu wabi'sa l-mihādu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- a little enjoyment, then their refuge is Gehenna -- an evil cradling!
- Muhammad Asad
- it is [but] a brief enjoyment, with hell thereafter as their goal - and how vile a resting-place! -
- Sahih International
- [It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَتَـٰعٌۭmatāʿun | An enjoyment | متع |
| 2 | قَلِيلٌۭqalīlun | little | قلل |
| 3 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 4 | مَأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhum | their abode | أوي |
| 5 | جَهَنَّمُ ۚjahannamu | (is) hell | — |
| 6 | وَبِئْسَwabi'sa | [and] a wretched | بأس |
| 7 | ٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu | [the] resting place | مهد |