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مَتَاعٌ قَلِيْلٌ ۖوَّلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ   ( النحل: ١١٧ )

matāʿun
مَتَٰعٌ
An enjoyment
qalīlun
قَلِيلٌ
little
walahum
وَلَهُمْ
and for them
ʿadhābun
عَذَابٌ
(is) a punishment
alīmun
أَلِيمٌ
painful

Mata'un qaleelunw wa lahum 'azaabun aleem (an-Naḥl 16:117)

Sahih International:

[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment. (An-Nahl [16] : 117)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

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