سورة المؤمنون
Surah Al-Mu’minûn 23:100
The Believers · Verse 100 of 118
لَعَلِّي أَعْمَلُ صَالِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ ۚ كَلَّا ۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَائِلُهَا ۖ وَمِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
`So that I may do righteous (deeds) which I failed to do (in the worldly life).´ `Never, that can never be,´ (is the answer he receives). It is but a word (of excuse) which he utters. And there is a barrier behind them which shall remain till the day when they shall be raised to life (again).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
In order that I may work righteousness in the things I neglected. - "By no means! It is but a word he says."- Before them is a Partition till the Day they are raised up.
Ahmed Ali
That I may do some good I did not do (in the world)." Not so. These are only words he utters. Behind them lies the intervening barrier (stretching) to the day of their resurrection.
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Ali Unal
"That I may act righteously with respect to whatever I have left undone in the world." No, never! It is merely a word that he utters over and over again. Before those (who are dead) is an intermediate world (of the grave, where they will stay) until the Day when they will be raised up.
Daryabadi
That I may work righteously in that which have left. By no means! It is but a word he uttereth; and before them is a barrier until the Day when they shall be raised.
Faridul Haque
"Perhaps I may do some good deeds in what I have left behind"; this is just a word that he utters from his mouth; and confronting them is a barrier until the day in which they will be raised.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
That I may do good in that which I have left. By no means! It is but a word that he speaks. And before them is a barrier, until the day they are raised.
Maulvi Sher Ali
That I may do righteous deeds in the life that I have left behind.' That cannot be ! It is only a word that he utters. And behind them is a barrier until the day when they shall be raised again.
Muhammad Asad
so that I might act righteously in whatever I have failed [aforetime]!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
So that I may do good in that which I have left behind! No! It is but a word that he speaks, and behind them is Barzakh (a barrier) until the Day when they will be resurrected.
Muhammad Pickthall
That I may do right in that which I have left behind! But nay! It is but a word that he speaketh; and behind them is a barrier until the day when they are raised.
Muhammad Sarwar
so that perhaps I shall act righteously for the rest of my life." Although he will say so but his wish will never come true. After death they will be behind a barrier until the day of their resurrection.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Haply I may do good in that which I have left. By no means! it is a (mere) word that he speaks; and before them is a barrier until the day they are raised.
Rashad Khalifa
I will then work righteousness in everything I left. Not true. This is a false claim that he makes. A barrier will separate his soul from this world until resurrection.
Shabbir Ahmed
That I may do good works in what I left behind!” Nay! It is but a meaningless word he says. And behind them is a barrier until the Day they are raised.
Commentary 23:100 Berzakhبَرْزَخٌ is a barrier. Berzakh denotes the intermediate state from the time of death to the day of Resurrection. It is an intermediate state of…
وَمِن وَرَائِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
23:100 Berzakhبَرْزَخٌ is a barrier. Berzakh denotes the intermediate state from the time of death to the day of Resurrection. It is an intermediate state of incomplete realization of the Requital. The verse also asserts that the dead can never return to life in this world. The dissolution of the barrier on the Day of Resurrection does not mean that people will return to this world. The Day of Resurrection will spell the end of our earth (cf. 21:104), and there is no question of returning to the present life (Kashshaf).