Surah Maryam, Ayah 87 (19:87)

مَرْيَم

لَّا يَمْلِكُونَ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا

Quran 19:87 is ayah 87 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 311 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:87
لَّايَمْلِكُونَٱلشَّفَٰعَةَإِلَّامَنِٱتَّخَذَعِندَٱلرَّحْمَٰنِعَهْدًا٨٧
lā yamlikūna l-shafāʿata illā mani ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan

None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.(87)

Word by word

  1. لَّاlāNot
  2. يَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey will have the power
  3. ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَl-shafāʿata(of) the intercession
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. مَنِmani(he) who
  6. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhahas taken
  7. عِندَʿindafrom
  8. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
  9. عَهْدًاʿahdana covenant

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