100 Preface لَعَلّي أَعمَلُ صالِحًا فيما تَرَكتُ ۚ كَلّا ۚ إِنَّها كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قائِلُها ۖ وَمِن وَرائِهِم بَرزَخٌ إِلىٰ يَومِ يُبعَثونَYusuf Ali“In order that I may work righteousness in the things1 I neglected.” - “By no means! It is but a word he says.”-2 Before them is a Partition3 till the Day they are raised up.The unrighteous will ask for another chance. But it will be too late then. The time for repentance will then have passed.Their request will mean nothing. It will be treated merely as an empty word of excuse. They had plenty of chances in this life. Not only did they reject them, but they did not even believe in God or ask for His assistance.Barzakh: a partition, a bar or barrier; the place or state in which people will be after death and before Judgment. Cf. 25:53 and 55:20. Behind them is the barrier of death, and in front of them is the Barzakh, partition, a quiescent state until the judgment comes.