Quran 34:23 — Saba, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Intercession will not work with Him, except by those to whom He gives permission.’ They will be asked, after the terror is lifted from their hearts [on the Day of Judgement], ‘What did your Lord speak?’ and they will answer, ‘The Truth. He is the Most High, the Most Great.’
وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ۚ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ
walā tanfaʿu l-shafāʿatu ʿindahu illā liman adhina lahu ḥattā idhā fuzziʿa ʿan qulūbihim qālū mādhā qāla rabbukum qālū l-ḥaqa wahuwa l-ʿaliyu l-kabīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Intercession will not avail with Him save for him to whom He gives leave; till, when terror is lifted from their hearts, they will say, "What said your Lord?' They will say, 'The truth; and He is the All-high; the All-great.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And, before Him, intercession can be of no avail [to any] save one in whose case He may have granted leave [there for]: so much so that when the terror [of the Last Hour] is lifted from their hearts, they [who have been resurrected] will ask [one another], “What has your Sustainer decreed [for you]?” - [to which] the others will answer, “Whatever is true and deserved - for He alone is exalted, great!”
- Sahih International
- And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 2 | تَنفَعُtanfaʿu | benefits | نفع |
| 3 | ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatu | the intercession | شفع |
| 4 | عِندَهُۥٓʿindahu | with Him | عند |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 6 | لِمَنْliman | for (one) whom | — |
| 7 | أَذِنَadhina | He permits | أذن |
| 8 | لَهُۥ ۚlahu | for him | — |
| 9 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Until | — |
| 10 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 11 | فُزِّعَfuzziʿa | fear is removed | فزع |
| 12 | عَنʿan | on | — |
| 13 | قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihim | their hearts | قلب |
| 14 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they will say | قول |
| 15 | مَاذَاmādhā | What is that | — |
| 16 | قَالَqāla | your Lord has said | قول |
| 17 | رَبُّكُمْ ۖrabbukum | your Lord has said | ربب |
| 18 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They will say | قول |
| 19 | ٱلْحَقَّ ۖl-ḥaqa | The truth | حقق |
| 20 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 21 | ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu | (is) the Most High | علو |
| 22 | ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīru | the Most Great | كبر |