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Maryam 87

Ayah 87 of 98 · Meccan

لَّا يَمۡلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَهۡدٗا ٨٧

None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Not to worship other than Him.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّاNotlā
  2. يَمۡلِكُونَthey will have the poweryamlikūna
  3. ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ(of) the intercessionl-shafāʿata
  4. إِلَّاexceptillā
  5. مَنِ(he) whomani
  6. ٱتَّخَذَhas takenittakhadha
  7. عِندَfromʿinda
  8. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāni
  9. عَهۡدٗاa covenantʿahdan

Tafsir

These disbelievers will not have the power to intercede for one another, except for those who had taken a pledge with Allah in the world by having faith in Him and in His messengers.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran