The second word of verse (16:117) is an indefinite masculine singular adjective and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The adjective's triliteral root is qāf lām lām (ق ل ل).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:117:2) qalīlun little
ADJ – nominative masculine singular indefinite adjective	صفة مرفوعة

Verse (16:117)

The analysis above refers to the 117th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

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

See Also

• English Translations
• Adjectives
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root qāf lām lām

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