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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Saba 34:23

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

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولا تنفع شفاعة الشافع عند الله تعالى إلا لمن أذن له. ومن عظمته وجلاله عز وجل أنه إذا تكلم سبحانه بالوحي فسمع أهل السماوات كلامه أُرعدوا من الهيبة، حتى يلحقهم مثل الغشي، فإذا زال الفزع عن قلوبهم سأل بعضهم بعضًا: ماذا قال ربكم؟ قالت الملائكة: قال الحق، وهو العليُّ بذاته وقهره وعلوِّ قدْره، الكبير على كل شيء.

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