Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:99 — translation and meaning

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حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِ

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حَتَّى
hatta
Until
إِذَا
idha
when
جَاءَ
jaa
comes
أَحَدَهُمُ
ahadahumu
(to) one of them
الْمَوْتُ
al-mawtu
the death
قَالَ
qala
he says
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord!
ارْجِعُونِ
ir'ji'uni
Send me back

Transliteration

Hattaaa izaa jaaa'a ahada humul mawtu qaala Rabbir ji'oon

Translation

[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Until when death comes to one of these idolaters and he sees what is going to befall him, he says regretfully over his life that has escaped him and his deficiency regarding Allah: “O Lord, return me to the worldly life.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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