Surah An-Najm 53:26 — translation and meaning

النجم · Verse 26 / 62 · Page 526

وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَى

Word by Word

وَكَم
wakam
And how many
مِّن
min
of
مَّلَكٍ
malakin
(the) Angels
فِي
fi
in
السَّمَاوَاتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
لَا
la
not
تُغْنِي
tugh'ni
will avail
شَفَاعَتُهُمْ
shafa'atuhum
their intercession
شَيْئًا
shayan
anything
إِلَّا
illa
except
مِن
min
after
بَعْدِ
ba'di
after
أَن
an
[that]
يَأْذَنَ
yadhana
Allah has given permission
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah has given permission
لِمَن
liman
for whom
يَشَاءُ
yashau
He wills
وَيَرْضَى
wayarda
and approves

Transliteration

Wa kam mim malakin fissamaawaati laa tughnee shafaa'atuhum shai'an illaa mim ba'di anyyaazanal laahu limany yashaaa'u wa yardaa

Translation

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

How many angels are there in the heavens whose intercession cannot help at all if they were to intend to help someone, except after Allah permits intercession for whom He wishes among them and He is pleased with the one being interceded for. Allah will never permit one who associates a partner with Him to intercede and He will never be pleased with the one he is interceding for who worships him besides Allah.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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