يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَرَضِىَ لَهُۥ قَوْلًۭا
Yawma 'izil laa tanfa'ush shafaa'atu illaa man azina lahur Rahmaanu wa radiya lahoo qawlaa
That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word.
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20:109Ayah 1135
12 ayahs in Taa-Haa are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.
← Previous on Day of Judgment20:108That Day, everyone will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful,Next on Day of Judgment →20:111And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. And he will have failed who carries injustice.
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On that day intercession will not profit anyone except intercession from him whom the Compassionate One permits that he intercede for such a person and whose word He approves that is to say because such an intercessor will say ‘there is no god but God’ lā ilāha illā’Llāh.
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"Intercede and your intercession may be accepted, and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, decrees on the lips of His Prophet whatsoever He will."
On the Day of Resurrection the people will fall on their knees and every nation will follow their
prophet and they will say, "O so-and-so! Intercede (for us with Allah), "till (the right) intercession is
given to the Prophet (Muhammad) and that will be the day when Allah will raise him into a station of
praise and glory (i.e. Al-Maqam -al-Mahmud).
"On the Day of Resurrection, people will be lined up in rows, (one of the narrators) Ibn NUmair said: i.e., the people of Paradise, and a man from among the people of Hell will pass by a man (from the people of Paradise) and say: 'O so and so! Do you not remember the day when you asked for water and I gave you water to drink?" So he will intercede for him. And another man will come and say: " Do you not remember the day when I gave you water with which to purify yourself?" and he will intercede for him." (In his narration, one of the narrators) Ibn NUmair said: "And he will remember the day when you sent me to do such and such for you, and I went and did it for you?' and he will intercede for him." "
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever says when he hears the call to the prayer: "Allahumma Rabba hadhihid-da'watit-tammah was-salatil-qa'imah, ati Muhammadanil-wasilata wal-fadilah, wab'athhu maqaman mahmudanilladhi wa'adtah (O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the prayer to be offered, grant Muhammad the privilege (of intercession) and also the eminence, and resurrect him to the praised position that You have promised)," my intercession for him will be permitted on the Day of Resurrection.'"
I said: "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your intercession on the
Day of Resurrection?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: O Abu Huraira! "I have thought that none will ask me
about it before you as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will
have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom
of his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."
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