سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 99
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ ﴿99﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Until, when death comes to one of them (those who join partners with Allâh), he says: "My Lord! Send me back,
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Until
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَآءَ
jāa
comes
أَحَدَهُمُ
aḥadahumu
(to) one of them
ٱلْمَوْتُ
l-mawtu
the death
قَالَ
qāla
he says
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
ٱرْجِعُونِ
ir'jiʿūni
Send me back
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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99. (They will remain heedless) until, when death comes to one of them, he will say, "My Lord! Send me back [95]."
[95] In ﴿رَبِّ ارْجِعُوْنَ﴾, after the call to his Lord, the plural masculine form is used. ﴿رَبِّ ارْجِعِنِيْ﴾ is not used. Its likely translation and meaning would be: "O my Lord! I beseech You that these angels who have come to take my soul, return me to the world." And since Allah Almighty, in countless places in the Quran, has attributed the actions of the angels to Himself, considering their actions as His own, in this regard, this translation is also correct: "O my Lord! Return me to the world."
[95] In ﴿رَبِّ ارْجِعُوْنَ﴾, after the call to his Lord, the plural masculine form is used. ﴿رَبِّ ارْجِعِنِيْ﴾ is not used. Its likely translation and meaning would be: "O my Lord! I beseech You that these angels who have come to take my soul, return me to the world." And since Allah Almighty, in countless places in the Quran, has attributed the actions of the angels to Himself, considering their actions as His own, in this regard, this translation is also correct: "O my Lord! Return me to the world."
