Text of verse 3:197
مَتَٰعٌ قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ ١٩٧
Transliteration
matāʿun qalīlun thumma mawāhum jahannamu wabi'sa l-mihādu
Translation
[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
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Rachid Maach Nabil Radwan (Noor International) Muhammad Hamidullah
Isa García Noor International (España) Noor International (Latinoamérica) Julio Cortés
Salomo Keyzer
Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi
محمد جوناگڑھی
Bubenheim & Elias
Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani
Hamza Roberto Piccardo
মুহিউদ্দীন খান
Rowwad Tercüme Merkezi Şaban Piriş Ali Özek ve arkadaşları Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır
Kementerian Agama RI
Mahmud Muhammad Abduh
حسین تاجی گلهداری
Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih
Sherif Ahmeti
Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov
Besim Korkut
馬堅
Ivan Hrbek
Ahsen Böre
三田了一
최영길
Abdul Hameed & Parappoor
Abdulaziz Guroalim Saromantang
Einar Berg
Józef Bielawski
Samir El-Hayek
George Grigore
Эльмир Кулиев
Knut Bernström
ஜான் டிரஸ்ட்
Якуб ибн Нугман
สมาคมนักเรียนเก่าอาหรับ ประเทศไทย
Муҳаммад Содиқ Муҳаммад Юсуф
Verse 197 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:197), a Medinan surah, is in juz 4, on page 76 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.
Tafsir of verse 197
Al-Mukhtasar
This world is a brief enjoyment that does not last. The destination they will return to on the Day of Judgement will be Hell – what a terrible resting place the fire of Hell is for them!
Tafsir of the whole Surah Ali ’Imran
Other translations of verse 197
it is a brief enjoyment, then Hell will be their abode. What a terrible resting place!
A brief enjoyment; then, their ultimate abode is Hell; and worst indeed is that place for rest.
It is but a brief comfort. And afterward their habitation will be hell, an ill abode.
Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed (To lie on)!
A brief enjoyment! then their abode is hell, and evil is the resting-place.
A little enjoyment, thereafter their abode will be Hell, and miserable is the restingplace!
Verse 197 word by word
مَتَٰعٌ
matāʿun An enjoyment م ت ع
قَلِيلٌ
qalīlun little ق ل ل
ثُمَّ
thumma then
مَأْوَىٰهُمْ
mawāhum their abode أ و ي
جَهَنَّمُ
jahannamu (is) hell
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa [and] a wretched ب أ س
ٱلْمِهَادُ
l-mihādu [the] resting place م ه د
Hadiths that cite this verse
Authentic
Sahih al-Bukhari 1164
يُصَلِّي بِاللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي إِذَا سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ بِالصُّبْحِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ.
Narrated by Ā’ishah + 3 other versions
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 1198
فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ، ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ، فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ…
Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 12 other versions
Verses related to verse 197
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
Ghafir 40:4
مَا يُجَٰدِلُ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَا يَغْرُرْكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمْ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
No one disputes concerning the signs of Allāh except those who disbelieve, so be not deceived by their [uninhibited] movement throughout the land.
Yunus 10:69–70
قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ …
Say, "Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allāh will not succeed." …
Luqman 31:24
نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ
We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.
At-Tariq 86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
Al-Qasas 28:61
أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَٰهُ مَتَٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ
Then is he whom We have promised a good promise which he will meet [i.e., obtain] like he for whom We provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for punishment in Hell]?
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Surah Ali ’Imran
سورة آل عمران
200 verses · Medinan