سُوْرَةُ النَّبَاِ

Surah An-Naba (78) — Ayah 37

The Announcement · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 583

رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا ﴿37﴾
(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Gracious, with Whom they cannot dare to speak (on the Day of Resurrection except by His Leave).
رَّبِّ rabbi Lord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth
وَمَا wamā and whatever
بَيْنَهُمَا baynahumā (is) between both of them
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۖ l-raḥmāni the Most Gracious
لَا not
يَمْلِكُونَ yamlikūna they have power
مِنْهُ min'hu from Him
خِطَابًۭا khiṭāban (to) address

Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

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37. 1. That is, His greatness, awe, and majesty will be such that in the beginning, no one will have the courage to speak before Him; therefore, without His permission, no one will be able to open their lips for intercession.

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37. (He is) the Lord of the heavens, the earth, and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. No one will be able to address Him (on that Day) [24].

[24] That is, the generosity and bounty of Allah towards the people of Paradise is as mentioned above. But the majesty, awe, and grandeur of Allah will be such that when all creation will be overwhelmed by the terrors of the Day of Judgment, no one will have the courage to intercede with Allah for mercy upon His creation, and every person will be crying out for themselves. Even the Prophets will be calling out, "O Lord, grant safety! Grant safety!" Eventually, the lot for intercession before Allah will fall upon the name of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he ﷺ will intercede before Allah on behalf of everyone. A lengthy and detailed hadith on this subject has already been mentioned under verse 255 of Surah Al-Baqarah.