سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 102

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 371

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿102﴾
(Alas!) If we only had a chance to return (to the world), we shall truly be among the believers!
فَلَوْ falaw Then if
أَنَّ anna that
لَنَا lanā we had
كَرَّةًۭ karratan a return
فَنَكُونَ fanakūna then we could be
مِنَ mina of
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers

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(Ayah 102) {فَلَوْ اَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً …:} The mention of this wish of the disbelievers is found at several places in the Quran, and also that this wish of theirs will never be fulfilled. See Surah Al-Baqarah (167), Al-An'am (27, 28), and Al-Mu’minun (106 to 108).

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12-1 The disbelievers and polytheists will wish on the Day of Resurrection to return to the world so that they may obey Allah and please Him. But Allah has stated elsewhere that even if they were sent back to the world again, they would do the same as they did before.

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If only we could have another chance (to return to the world), we would be among the believers [69].

[69] The mention of this statement and wish of the criminals and the people of Hell has appeared multiple times in the Quran, and along with it, their answer is also mentioned. That is, if they were sent back to the world again, they would still do the same deeds as they did before [16: 28], because it is the habit of man that in times of difficulty, when his life is at stake, he remembers only Allah and forgets all other deities. But when Allah delivers him from the calamity, afterwards he again forgets Allah and starts calling upon his other deities.