Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 100 (23:100)

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لَعَلِّىٓ أَعْمَلُ صَٰلِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ ۚ كَلَّآ ۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا ۖ وَمِن …

Quran 23:100 is ayah 100 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 348 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:100
لَعَلِّىٓأَعْمَلُصَٰلِحًافِيمَاتَرَكْتُ ۚكَلَّآ ۚإِنَّهَاكَلِمَةٌهُوَقَآئِلُهَا ۖوَمِنوَرَآئِهِمبَرْزَخٌإِلَىٰيَوْمِيُبْعَثُونَ١٠٠
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.(100)

Word by word

  1. لَعَلِّىٓlaʿallīThat I may
  2. أَعْمَلُaʿmaludo
  3. صَٰلِحًاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
  4. فِيمَاfīmāin what
  5. تَرَكْتُ ۚtaraktuI left behind
  6. كَلَّآ ۚkallāNo
  7. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, it
  8. كَلِمَةٌkalimatun(is) a word
  9. هُوَhuwahe
  10. قَآئِلُهَا ۖqāiluhāspeaks it
  11. وَمِنwaminand before them
  12. وَرَآئِهِمwarāihimand before them
  13. بَرْزَخٌbarzakhun(is) a barrier
  14. إِلَىٰilātill
  15. يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
  16. يُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūnathey are resurrected

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