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Al-Baqarah 123

Ayah 123 of 286 · Medinan

وَٱتَّقُواْ يَوۡمٗا لَّا تَجۡزِي نَفۡسٌ عَن نَّفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يُقۡبَلُ مِنۡهَا عَدۡلٞ وَلَا تَنفَعُهَا شَفَٰعَةٞ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ١٢٣

And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul1 at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to 2:48.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱتَّقُواْAnd fearwa-ittaqū
  2. يَوۡمٗاa dayyawman
  3. لَّاnotlā
  4. تَجۡزِيwill availtajzī
  5. نَفۡسٌa soulnafsun
  6. عَن(of)ʿan
  7. نَّفۡسٖ(another) soulnafsin
  8. شَيۡـٔٗاanythingshayan
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. يُقۡبَلُwill be acceptedyuq'balu
  11. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  12. عَدۡلٞany compensationʿadlun
  13. وَلَاand notwalā
  14. تَنفَعُهَاwill benefit ittanfaʿuhā
  15. شَفَٰعَةٞany intercessionshafāʿatun
  16. وَلَاand notwalā
  17. هُمۡtheyhum
  18. يُنصَرُونَwill be helpedyunṣarūna

Tafsir

Protect yourself from the torment of the Day of Return by following the instructions of Allah and keeping away from what He has prohibited, because on that day no soul will be able to help another soul in any way; no ransom will be accepted for it, no matter how great; and no one pleading on its behalf will benefit it, no matter how high their position. On that day, a soul will have no helper other than Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran