ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون : ١٠٠

  • لَعَلِّيٓ That I may
  • أَعۡمَلُ do
  • صَٰلِحٗا righteous (deeds)
  • فِيمَا in what
  • تَرَكۡتُۚ I left behind
  • كَلَّآۚ No
  • إِنَّهَا Indeed, it
  • كَلِمَةٌ (is) a word
  • هُوَ he
  • قَآئِلُهَاۖ speaks it
  • وَمِن and before them
  • وَرَآئِهِم and before them
  • بَرۡزَخٌ (is) a barrier
  • إِلَىٰ till
  • يَوۡمِ (the) Day
  • يُبۡعَثُونَ they are resurrected
That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."1 No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.
Footnotes
1 - Or "in that which I neglected."
that I might act righteously, by witnessing that 'there is no god but God', that this might be, in that which I have left behind', [in what] I have wasted of my life, in other words [that this affirmation might be] in its place. God, exalted be He, says: By no means!, that is, there shall be no return. It, namely, [the statement] 'My Lord! Send me back', is merely a word that he speaks, but [a word] in which there is no benefit for him; and behind them, ahead of them, there is a barrier, which prevents them from going back [to this world], until the day when they are raised, after which [day] there will be no more return.