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Az-Zumar (The Troops)

Verse 44of 75

قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ جَمِيعًۭا ۖ لَّهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "To Allah belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلqulSay
لِّلَّهِlillahiTo Allah (belongs)
ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُl-shafāʿatuthe intercession
جَمِيعًۭا ۖjamīʿanall
لَّهُۥlahuFor Him
مُلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
ثُمَّthummaThen
إِلَيْهِilayhito Him
تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

There is no Intercession except with Allah, and how the Idolators are filled with Disgust when AllahAllah condemns the idolators for taking intercessors besides Allah, namely the idols and false gods whom they have taken on the basis of their own whims, with no evidence or proof. These idols are not able to do anything; they have no minds with which to think, and they cannot hear or see. They are inanimate and are much worse off than animals.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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