Tafsir for verse: 19:87
لَّا يَمۡلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَهۡدٗا ٨٧ ﴿87﴾
87none will have power to intercede, except the one who has entered into a covenant with the All-Merciful (Allah).
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Commentary
﴿They do not possess intercession﴾ means that no one from the two groups can intercede nor be interceded for. ﴿Except for one who has taken﴾ means he has obligated himself and strived to take ﴿with the Most Merciful a covenant﴾ with what He has guided him to of faith and obedience, which He has promised him that he will intercede or be interceded for. The verse is from the type of ambiguity: it mentions the Most Merciful first as evidence of the avenger secondly, and Hell secondly as evidence of the omission of Paradise first.
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