Tafsir for verse: 16:117
مَتَٰعٞ قَلِيلٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١١٧ ﴿117﴾
117(Let there be) a little enjoyment, and (then) for them there is a painful punishment.
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Commentary
And when success for them is the wide living in this world; he answered as if he said: 'Indeed, we see them in blessing and luxury'; so He, the Exalted, said: ﴿A little enjoyment﴾; meaning: what they are in; due to its perishability; even if it lasts a thousand years; ﴿And for them﴾; after it; ﴿is a painful punishment﴾; and from its great pain is its permanence; so what kind of enjoyment is this?!
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