What does Quran 16:117 mean?

Quran 16:117 (Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 117) translates to: "[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 16:117 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), the 16th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 14.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Hellfire, Afterlife, Hereafter, Divine Justice.

مَتَٰعٌۭ قَلِيلٌۭ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ

Mata'un qaleelunw wa lahum 'azaabun aleem

[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

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8 ayahs in An-Nahl are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.

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For them there will be a brief enjoyment in this world and for them in the Hereafter there will be a painful chastisement.

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