At the time when they are about to depart this world and enter the afterlife, the curtains of conceit and ignorance will be lifted from before their eyes and they will see the terrible fate ahead of them. They will observe the lives they had led, the potentialities they had stifled, the duties they had neglected, and the dreadful consequences of the sins they had committed. And at this time, such a person will cry out and:
Then, in the next verse, he continues saying:
But since the law of divine creation does not allow anyone, whether righteous or wrongdoer, to return, the answer to him will be:
These are only words without thinking and sincerity. This is what many wrongdoers usually say when they are about to be punished and what every murderer says when his eyes fall upon the gallows, but when the impending disaster is removed, the guilty again continue along their previous paths.
This is similar to what we read in verse 28 of Sura Al-'An'am, No. 6: "... And even if they were returned they would revert to that which they were prohibited ..."
Finally, the verse briefly and expressively refers to the mysterious intermediate world, the 'Barzakh', and says:
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Surah Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
99. Until, when death comes to one of them (those who join partners with Allah), he says: "My Lord! Send me back,
100. "So that I may do good in that which I have left behind!" No! It is but a word that he speaks, and behind them is Barzakh (a barrier) until the Day when they will be resurrected.
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