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Az-Zukhruf 86

Ayah 86 of 89 · Meccan

وَلَا يَمۡلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٦

And those they invoke1 besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., worship.

2 That intercession is granted exclusively by permission of Allāh to those He wills.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  2. يَمۡلِكُhave poweryamliku
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  4. يَدۡعُونَthey invokeyadʿūna
  5. مِنbesides Himmin
  6. دُونِهِbesides Himdūnihi
  7. ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ(for) the intercessionl-shafāʿata
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. مَنwhoman
  10. شَهِدَtestifiesshahida
  11. بِٱلۡحَقِّto the truthbil-ḥaqi
  12. وَهُمۡand theywahum
  13. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

Those deities that the idolaters worship instead of Allah are not able to intercede in front of Allah, except those that testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah whilst understanding their testimony, i.e. Jesus, Ezra and the angels.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran