Surah Saba (سبإ) • Sheba

Quran 34:23

34:23

وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُۥ ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

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

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.

— Saheeh International

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.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Intercession with Him profits not except for him whom He permits. So much so that when fear is banished from their (angels’) hearts, they (angels) say: "What is it that your Lord has said?" They say: "The truth. And He is the Most High, the Most Great."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَاwalāAnd not
تَنفَعُtanfaʿubenefits
ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatuthe intercession
عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Him
إِلَّاillāexcept
لِمَنْlimanfor (one) whom
أَذِنَadhinaHe permits
لَهُۥۚlahufor him
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
فُزِّعَfuzziʿafear is removed
عَنʿanon
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
قَالُوا۟qālūthey will say
مَاذَاmādhāWhat is that
قَالَqālayour Lord has said
رَبُّكُمْۖrabbukumyour Lord has said
قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
ٱلْحَقَّۖl-ḥaqaThe truth
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu(is) the Most High
ٱلْكَبِيرُl-kabīruthe Most Great