Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 86 (43:86)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ …

Quran 43:86 is ayah 86 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 495 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:86
وَلَايَمْلِكُٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَمِندُونِهِٱلشَّفَٰعَةَإِلَّامَنشَهِدَبِٱلْحَقِّوَهُمْيَعْلَمُونَ٨٦
walā yamliku alladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi l-shafāʿata illā man shahida bil-ḥaqi wahum yaʿlamūna

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.(86)

Word by word

  1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  2. يَمْلِكُyamlikuhave power
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
  4. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke
  5. مِنminbesides Him
  6. دُونِهِdūnihibesides Him
  7. ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَl-shafāʿata(for) the intercession
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. مَنmanwho
  10. شَهِدَshahidatestifies
  11. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqito the truth
  12. وَهُمْwahumand they
  13. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

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