Surah An-Nahl
Quran 16:55
Read Quran 16:55 from Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 16:55
لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ٥٥
So as to deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy life (while ye may), for ye will come to know.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 16. An-Nahl (The Bee)
- Ayah
- 55 of 128
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 16:55
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 16:55
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ ِليَكْفُرُوا بِمَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ } أي: أعطيناهم حيث نجيناهم من الشدة، وخلصناهم من المشقة، { فَتَمَتَّعُوا } في دنياكم قليلا { فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ } عاقبة كفركم.