Surah 23. Al-Muminun, Ayah 99
| حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِ |
| Transliteration | : | h.attaa 'idhaa jaa'a 'ah.ad -hum al- mawt qaala rabb -i irjico -ni |
| Pickthall | : | Until, when death cometh unto one of them, he saith: My Lord! Send me back, |
| Asad | : | [AS FOR THOSE who will not believe in the life to come, they go on lying to themselves59 ] until, when death approaches any of them, he prays: "O my Sustainer! Let me return, let me return60 [to life], |
| Malik | : | These people will never refrain from wrongdoing until when death comes to anyone of them, he will say: "O Rabb! Send me back, |
| Yusuf Ali | : | (In Falsehood will they be) until when death comes to one of them he says: "O my Lord! send me back (to life) 2936 2937 |
Note - 59Cf. verses {74} and {90} above, with which the present
passage connects.
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Note - 60Most of the commentators regard the plural form of
address in the verb irji'uni ("let me return") as an
expression of reverence. Since, however, the Qur'an
offers no other instance of God's being addressed in the
plural (in contrast with the frequent use of the plural
in His speaking of Himself), Baydawi suggests - on the
strength of examples from pre-Islamic poetry - that this
plural form of address is equivalent to an emphatic
repetition of the singular form irji'ni: hence the
repetition of this phrase in my rendering.
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Note - 2936This verse I think connects on with xxiii. 90 above.
Though Allah proclaims His Truth everywhere, the wicked
cling to Falsehood until they face the reality of Death.
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Note - 2937The verb for "send me back" is in the plural in Arabic,
which is construed either (1) as an emphatic form, as if
the singular were repeated, or (2) as a plural of
respect, though such a plural is not ordinarily used in
addressing Allah, or (3) as a plural addressed to the
angels, after the address to Allah in "O my Lord!"
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Most of the commentators regard the plural form of address in the verb irji'uni ("let me return") as an expression of reverence. Since, however, the Qur'an offers no other instance of God's being addressed in the plural (in contrast with the frequent use of the plural in His speaking of Himself), Baydawi suggests - on the strength of examples from pre-Islamic poetry - that this plural form of address is equivalent to an emphatic repetition of the singular form irji'ni: hence the repetition of this phrase in my rendering. |
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This verse I think connects on with xxiii. 90 above. Though Allah proclaims His Truth everywhere, the wicked cling to Falsehood until they face the reality of Death. |
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The verb for "send me back" is in the plural in Arabic, which is construed either (1) as an emphatic form, as if the singular were repeated, or (2) as a plural of respect, though such a plural is not ordinarily used in addressing Allah, or (3) as a plural addressed to the angels, after the address to Allah in "O my Lord!" |
