Surah An-Najm (النجم) • The Star

Quran 53:26

53:26

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

wakam min malakin fī l-samāwāti lā tugh'nī shafāʿatuhum shayan illā min baʿdi an yadhana l-lahu liman yashāu wayarḍā

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And there are many angels in the heavens, whose intercession will avail nothing except after Allâh has given leave for whom He wills and is pleased with.

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

Juz 27Page 526meccan

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۞ وَكَمwakamAnd how many
مِّنminof
مَّلَكٍۢmalakin(the) Angels
فِىfīin
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
لَاlānot
تُغْنِىtugh'nīwill avail
شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْshafāʿatuhumtheir intercession
شَيْـًٔاshayananything
إِلَّاillāexcept
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
أَنan[that]
يَأْذَنَyadhanaAllah has given permission
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has given permission
لِمَنlimanfor whom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيَرْضَىٰٓwayarḍāand approves