Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 100
Quran 23:100 · The Believers · Makki · Para 18 · Page 348
لَعَلِّیْۤ اَعْمَلُ صَالِحًا فِیْمَا تَرَكْتُ كَلَّا ؕ اِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآىِٕلُهَا ؕ وَمِنْ وَّرَآىِٕهِمْ بَرْزَخٌ اِلٰی یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُوْنَ ۟
Transliteration
LaAAallee aAAmalu salihanfeema taraktu kalla innaha kalimatun huwa qa-iluhawamin wara-ihim barzakhun ila yawmi yubAAathoon
Saheeh International
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.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
Perhaps I will do good actions when I return to it. Never. The matter is not as you requested. It is only a statement he is uttering. If he were to return to the worldly life, he would not fulfil what he promised. These people who have died will remain in a barrier between the world and the afterlife until the Day of Resurrection and rising. Thus, they will not return from it to the world, to make up for what they lost and to correct what they spoiled.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 23:99–23:100 together — read it on 23:99