سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 254
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ ۗ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿254﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Spend of that with which We have provided for you, before a Day comes when there will be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor intercession. And it is the disbelievers who are the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
أَنفِقُوا۟
anfiqū
Spend
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
رَزَقْنَـٰكُم
razaqnākum
We (have) provided you
مِّن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
that
يَأْتِىَ
yatiya
comes
يَوْمٌۭ
yawmun
a Day
لَّا
lā
no
بَيْعٌۭ
bayʿun
bargaining
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
وَلَا
walā
and no
خُلَّةٌۭ
khullatun
friendship
وَلَا
walā
and no
شَفَـٰعَةٌۭ ۗ
shafāʿatun
intercession
وَٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ
wal-kāfirūna
And the deniers
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
(are) the wrongdoers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
254. 1. The Jews, Christians, and disbelieving polytheists held the belief about their respective leaders, prophets, saints, elders, and spiritual guides that they have such an influence over Allah that, by the force of their personality, they can have anything they wish for their followers accepted by Allah, and they do get it accepted. This is what they call intercession (shafa‘ah), meaning their belief was almost the same as that of today’s ignorant people: that our elders will go and sit before Allah and will not rise until they have secured our forgiveness. In this verse, it is stated that there is no such intercession in the presence of Allah. Then, in Ayat al-Kursi and in several other verses and hadiths, it is explained that indeed, there will be another kind of intercession with Allah, but only those will be able to intercede whom Allah permits, and He will permit only for the people of tawhid (monotheism). This intercession will be done by angels, prophets and messengers, and martyrs and righteous people, but none of them will have any influence over Allah. Rather, on the contrary, these very people will themselves be so fearful and trembling before Allah that the color will have drained from their faces. (وَلَا يَشْفَعُوْنَ ۙ اِلَّا لِمَنِ ارْتَضٰى وَهُمْ مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهٖ مُشْفِقُوْنَ) 21:28
