3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 197
مَتَاعٌ قَل۪يلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ
MataAAun qaleelun thumma ma/wahumjahannamu wabi/sa almihad
A brief enjoyment; then their shelter will be Hell. What an evil resting-place!
- Progressive Muslims
A brief enjoyment, then their abode is Hell. What a miserable abode!
- Shabbir Ahmed
It is but a brief enjoyment. Hell is their resting place; what a miserable bed to lie on! (They invested not in the Hereafter).
- Sam Gerrans
A little enjoyment, then is their shelter Gehenna; and evil is the resting-place.
- The Monotheist Group
A brief enjoyment, then their abode is Hell. What a miserable abode!
- Edip-Layth
A brief enjoyment, then their abode is hell. What a miserable abode!
- Aisha Bewley
A brief enjoyment; then their shelter will be Hell. What an evil resting-place!
- Rashad Khalifa
They only enjoy temporarily, then end up in Hell; what a miserable destiny!
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Their commerce is but short-lived, and then their abode shall be Hell: And what an evil abode!
- Sahih International
[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
- Muhammad Asad
it is [but] a brief enjoyment, with hell thereafter as their goal - and how vile a resting-place! -
- Marmaduke Pickthall
It is but a brief comfort. And afterward their habitation will be hell, an ill abode.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Wicked men are not denied prosperity, but the pleasure it affords them is of short duration, and then punishment must follow conviction. They are destined to the abode in Hell and evil indeed is that abode.
- Bijan Moeinian
Their success is short in nature and their destiny is Hell which is a horrible place to end in.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
A brief enjoyment; then, their ultimate abode is Hell; and worst indeed is that place for rest.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed (To lie on)!
- Mustafa Khattab
It is only a brief enjoyment. Then Hell will be their home—what an evil place to rest!
- Taqi Usmani
It is just a little enjoyment. After that, their resort is Hell; and it is an evil abode.
- Abdul Haleem
this is only a brief enjoyment, after which Hell will be their home- a miserable resting place!
- Arthur John Arberry
a little enjoyment, then their refuge is Gehenna -- an evil cradling!
- E. Henry Palmer
It is a slight possession, and then their resort is Hell; an evil couch shall it be.
- Hamid S. Aziz
It is but a brief comfort, and then their resort is Hell; an evil couch shall it be.
- Mahmoud Ghali
A little enjoyment, thereafter their abode will be Hell, and miserable is the restingplace!
- George Sale
It is but a slender provision; and then their receptacle shall be hell; an unhappy couch shall it be.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Little is it for enjoyment: Their final home is Hell: What an evil bed (to lie on)!
- Amatul Rahman Omar
(It is) a brief provision, then Gehenna shall be their abode. What an evil place of rest!
- Ali Quli Qarai
It is a trivial enjoyment; then their refuge is hell, and it is an evil resting place.