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Surah An-Najm (53) — Ayah 26

The Star · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 526

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۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ ﴿26﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

And there are many angels in the heavens, whose intercession will avail nothing except after Allâh has given leave for whom He wills and is pleased with.

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

۞ وَكَم wakam And how many
مِّن min of
مَّلَكٍۢ malakin (the) Angels
فِى fī in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti the heavens
لَا lā not
تُغْنِى tugh'nī will avail
شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ shafāʿatuhum their intercession
شَيْـًٔا shayan anything
إِلَّا illā except
مِنۢ min after
بَعْدِ baʿdi after
أَن an [that]
يَأْذَنَ yadhana Allah has given permission
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah has given permission
لِمَن liman for whom
يَشَآءُ yashāu He wills
وَيَرْضَىٰٓ wayarḍā and approves

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(Ayah 26) {وَ كَمْ مِّنْ مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمٰوٰتِ لَا تُغْنِيْ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا … :} That is, these helpers and removers of difficulties of yours, and the gods and goddesses made in the names of angels, are merely products of your imagination and conjecture; in reality, they do not exist at all. Here, even the real angels who dwell in the heavens and have closeness to Allah Almighty, their intercession is of no avail, except for the one whom Allah Almighty permits, and it benefits only the one for whom Allah Almighty is pleased with intercession and grants permission for it. In short, the authority of intercession also rests only with Allah Almighty. He said: « قُلْ لِّلّٰهِ الشَّفَاعَةُ جَمِيْعًا » [ الزمر : ۴۴ ] "Say, all intercession belongs entirely to Allah." Then why do you call upon and worship anyone else besides Him? For more on intercession, see Surah Al-Baqarah (255): « مَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهٗۤ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِهٖ» (Ayat al-Kursi) and the commentary of Surah An-Naba (38).

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26. 1. That is, even the angels, who are the closest creation to Allah, will be granted the right of intercession only for those whom Allah is pleased with. When this is the case, then how can these stone idols, in whom you have placed your hopes, intercede for anyone? Furthermore, when shirk is unforgivable in the sight of Allah, when will Allah ever grant anyone the right to intercede on behalf of the polytheists?

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And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will be of no avail at all, except after Allah gives permission to whom He wills and approves [17].

[17]
The Principle of Intercession:

Your deities have no status whatsoever; even if all the angels in the heavens were to intercede for you together, they would not be able to benefit you in any way. The reason is that intercession will only be accepted for the one for whom Allah wills, and Allah has already decided regarding the polytheists that He will never forgive them, so how can they intercede for you? Furthermore, only those will be able to intercede who have been granted permission by Allah to do so, whether they are humans or angels. There is no question of intercession by your stone deities whom you consider to be angels and daughters of Allah. Therefore, your wishes can never be fulfilled.
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