Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 86
وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.
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And those whom they the disbelievers call on those whom they worship besides Him that is besides God have no power of intercession for anyone except those who bear witness to the truth that is those who say ‘there is no god except God’ with full knowledge in their hearts of what they have testified to with their tongues — such are Jesus Ezra and the angels who will intercede for believers.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And those unto whom they cry) those whom they worship (instead of Him possess no power of intercession) He says: the angels have no power to intercede in favour of anybody, (saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth) the testification that there is no deity save Allah, sincerely believing in it (knowingly) knowing deep in their hearts it is the Truth. This was revealed about the Banu Malih who claimed the angels were the daughters of Allah.