Quran 53:26 — An-Najm, verse 26
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There are many angels in heaven whose intercession will be of no use until God gives permission to those He will, whose words He will accept.
وَكَمْ مِنْ مَلَكٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَرْضَىٰ
wakam min malakin fī l-samāwāti lā tugh'nī shafāʿatuhum shayan illā min baʿdi an yadhana l-lahu liman yashāu wayarḍā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many an angel there is in the heavens whose intercession avails not anything, save after that God gives leave to whomsoever He wills and is well-pleased.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, however many angels there be in the heavens, their intercession can be of no least avail [to anyone] - except after God has given leave [to intercede] for whomever He wills and with whom He is well-pleased.
- Sahih International
- And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَكَمwakam | And how many | — |
| 2 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 3 | مَّلَكٍۢmalakin | (the) Angels | ملك |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 6 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 7 | تُغْنِىtugh'nī | will avail | غني |
| 8 | شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْshafāʿatuhum | their intercession | شفع |
| 9 | شَيْـًٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 11 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 12 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 13 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 14 | يَأْذَنَyadhana | Allah has given permission | أذن |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah has given permission | أله |
| 16 | لِمَنliman | for whom | — |
| 17 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 18 | وَيَرْضَىٰٓwayarḍā | and approves | رضو |