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مَتَاعٌ قَلِيْلٌ ۗ ثُمَّ مَأْوٰىهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۗوَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ   ( آل عمران: ١٩٧ )

matāʿun
مَتَٰعٌ
An enjoyment
qalīlun
قَلِيلٌ
little
thumma
ثُمَّ
then
mawāhum
مَأْوَىٰهُمْ
their abode
jahannamu
جَهَنَّمُۚ
(is) hell -
wabi'sa
وَبِئْسَ
[and] a wretched
l-mihādu
ٱلْمِهَادُ
[the] resting place

Mataa'un qaleelun summa maawaahum Jahannam; wa bi'sal mihaad (ʾĀl ʿImrān 3:197)

Sahih International:

[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place. (Ali 'Imran [3] : 197)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

It is just a little enjoyment. After that, their resort is Hell; and it is an evil abode.