Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:100

23:100

لَعَلِّىٓ أَعْمَلُ صَـٰلِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ ۚ كَلَّآ ۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا ۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā taraktu kallā innahā kalimatun huwa qāiluhā wamin warāihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"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 Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

لَعَلِّىٓlaʿallīThat I may
أَعْمَلُaʿmaludo
صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
فِيمَاfīmāin what
تَرَكْتُۚtaraktuI left behind
كَلَّآۚkallāNo
إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it
كَلِمَةٌkalimatun(is) a word
هُوَhuwahe
قَآئِلُهَاۖqāiluhāspeaks it
وَمِنwaminand before them
وَرَآئِهِمwarāihimand before them
بَرْزَخٌbarzakhun(is) a barrier
إِلَىٰilātill
يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
يُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey are resurrected