سُوْرَةُ النَّجْمِ
Surah An-Najm (53) — Ayah 26
۞ 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
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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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.
[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.
