Surah Maryam: Verse 87 - لا يملكون الشفاعة إلا من... - English
Tafsir of Verse 87, Surah Maryam
لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا
English Translation
None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.English Transliteration
La yamlikoona alshshafaAAata illa mani ittakhatha AAinda alrrahmani AAahdanTafsir of Verse 87
having no power of intercession, save those who have taken with the All-merciful covenant.
None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has received permission (or promise) from (Allah) Most Gracious.
مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِندَ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ عَهْدًا
"Except the one who has taken a covenant with the Rahman (All-Merciful) " - 19:87.
Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ has said that عَھد means a declaration of firm belief in the Unity of Allah Ta’ ala, while others say that عِھد means committing the Qur’ an to memory. In brief only those people will have the permission to intercede with Allah who stand firm by their covenant to adhere to the true faith. (Ruh)
