Surah Al-Muddaththir, Ayah 48 (74:48)

ٱلْمُدَّثِّر

فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ

Quran 74:48 is ayah 48 of Surah Al-Muddaththir (“The Cloaked One”), a Meccan surah of 56 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 577 of the Madani Mushaf.

74:48
فَمَاتَنفَعُهُمْشَفَٰعَةُٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ٤٨
famā tanfaʿuhum shafāʿatu l-shāfiʿīna

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.(48)

Word by word

  1. فَمَاfamāThen not
  2. تَنفَعُهُمْtanfaʿuhumwill benefit them
  3. شَفَٰعَةُshafāʿatuintercession
  4. ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَl-shāfiʿīna(of) the intercessors

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