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An-Nisa 85

Ayah 85 of 176 · Medinan

مَّن يَشۡفَعۡ شَفَٰعَةً حَسَنَةٗ يَكُن لَّهُۥ نَصِيبٞ مِّنۡهَاۖ وَمَن يَشۡفَعۡ شَفَٰعَةٗ سَيِّئَةٗ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كِفۡلٞ مِّنۡهَاۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مُّقِيتٗا ٨٥

Whoever intercedes for a good cause will have a share [i.e., reward] therefrom; and whoever intercedes for an evil cause will have a portion [i.e., burden] therefrom. And ever is Allāh, over all things, a Keeper.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Providing, protecting, witnessing, keeping precise records and capable of recompense.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَّنWhoeverman
  2. يَشۡفَعۡintercedes yashfaʿ
  3. شَفَٰعَةًan intercessionshafāʿatan
  4. حَسَنَةٗgoodḥasanatan
  5. يَكُنwill haveyakun
  6. لَّهُۥfor himlahu
  7. نَصِيبٞa sharenaṣībun
  8. مِّنۡهَاۖof itmin'hā
  9. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  10. يَشۡفَعۡintercedes yashfaʿ
  11. شَفَٰعَةٗan intercessionshafāʿatan
  12. سَيِّئَةٗevilsayyi-atan
  13. يَكُنwill haveyakun
  14. لَّهُۥfor himlahu
  15. كِفۡلٞa portionkif'lun
  16. مِّنۡهَاۗof itmin'hā
  17. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  18. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  19. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  20. كُلِّeverykulli
  21. شَيۡءٖthingshayin
  22. مُّقِيتٗاa Keepermuqītan

Tafsir

Whoever intercedes or directs another person to some good them in a manner containing no sin or oppression, will receive a share of the reward of the good outcome; and whoever makes a bad intercession, which contains sin or oppression, will receive a share of the sin. Allah watches everything that a person does and will reward him accordingly. So if you become a means of goodness, you will receive a share in that good; and if you become a means of doing evil, you will be guilty for a part of it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran