Al-Mu'minun, verse 100
لَعَلِّىٓ أَعْمَلُ صَـٰلِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ ۚ كَلَّآ ۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا ۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
so as to make amends for the things I neglected.’ Never! This will not go beyond his words: a barrier stands behind such people until the very Day they are resurrected.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 23:99.
The Disbelievers' Hope when death approaches Allah tells us about what happens when death approaches one of the disbelievers orone of those who have been negligent with the commands of Allah. He tells us what he says and how he asks to come back to this world so that he can rectify whatever wrongs he committed during his lifetime. Allah says: رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِلَعَلِّى أَعْمَلُ صَلِحاً فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ كَلاَّ ("My Lord! Send me back, so that I may do good in that which I have left behind!" No!) This is like the Ayat: وَأَنفِقُواْ مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَكُمْ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ أَحَدَكُمُ…
Around this verse
- Verse 98 وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ I seek refuge with you, Lord, so that they may not come near me.’
- Verse 99 حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ When death comes to one of them, he cries, ‘My Lord, let me return
- Verse 100
- Verse 101 فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ On that Day when the Trumpet is blown, the ties between them will be as nothing and they will not ask about each other:
- Verse 102 فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ those whose good deeds weigh heavy will be successful,