Surah Ali 'Imran
Quran 3:197
Read Quran 3:197 from Surah Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 3:197
مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ١٩٧
It is but a brief comfort. And afterward their habitation will be hell, an ill abode.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 3. Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)
- Ayah
- 197 of 200
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 3:197
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 3:197
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
فإن هذا كله { متاع قليل } ليس له ثبوت ولا بقاء، بل يتمتعون به قليلا، ويعذبون عليه طويلا، هذه أعلى حالة تكون للكافر، وقد رأيت ما تؤول إليه.