Surah Maryam 19:87 — translation and meaning

مريم · Verse 87 / 98 · Page 311

لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ الشَّفَاعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِندَ الرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا

Word by Word

لَّا
la
Not
يَمْلِكُونَ
yamlikuna
they will have the power
الشَّفَاعَةَ
al-shafa'ata
(of) the intercession
إِلَّا
illa
except
مَنِ
mani
(he) who
اتَّخَذَ
ittakhadha
has taken
عِندَ
inda
from
الرَّحْمَنِ
al-rahmani
the Most Gracious
عَهْدًا
ahdan
a covenant

Transliteration

Laa yamlikoonash shafaa'ta illaa manittakhaza 'indar Rahmaani 'ahdaa

Translation

None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

These disbelievers will not have the power to intercede for one another, except for those who had taken a pledge with Allah in the world by having faith in Him and in His messengers.

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

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