Al-Mu'minun 23:100 لعلي اعمل صالحا فيما تركت كلا انها كلمة هو قايلها ومن ورايهم برزخ الى يوم يبعثون ١٠٠

23:100

لَعَلِّيٓ

أَعۡمَلُ

صَٰلِحٗا

فِيمَا

تَرَكۡتُۚ

كـَلَّآۚ

إِنَّهَا

كَلِمَةٌ

هُوَ

قَآئِلُهَاۖ

وَمِن

وَرَآئِهِم

بَرۡزَخٌ

إِلَىٰ

يَوۡمِ

يُبۡعَثُونَ

١٠٠

so that I may act righteously in that (world) which I have left behind.” Never! It is simply a word he utters, and in front of such people there is a barrier till the day when they will be resurrected.

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Chapter 23, Page 348, Juz 18

99. (The infidels go on doing their misdeeds) until when death comes to one of them, he will say, “My Lord send me back, 100. so that I may act righteously in that (world) which I have left behind.” Never! It is simply a word he utters, and in front of such people there is a barrier till the day when they will be resurrected. 101. Thereafter, when the Sūr (the trumpet) is blown, no ties of kinship will remain between them any more, nor will they inquire about one another. 102. So, the one whose scales (of good deeds) turn out to be heavy, then such people are the successful ones, 103. and the one whose scales turn out to be light, then such people are the ones who harmed their own selves; in Jahannam (Hell) they are to remain for ever. 104. Fire will scorch their faces, and they will be disfigured therein. 105. (It will be said to such people), “Were My verses not used to be recited to you and you used to reject them?” 106. They will say, “Our Lord, our wretchedness prevailed over us, and we were a people wandering astray. 107. Our Lord, get us out from here; if we do this again, then of course, we will be transgressors.” 108. He (Allah) will say, “Stay in it, humiliated, and do not speak to Me. 109. There was indeed a group of My servants who used to say, ‘Our Lord, we adhere to the (true) faith, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and you are the best of all the merciful.’ 110. But you made fun of them, so much so that they caused you to forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them. 111. Today I have so recompensed them for their observing patience that they are the triumphant.”

- T. Usmani