Surah Az-Zukhruf — Verse 86
The Ornaments of Gold · 43:86 · 86/89
وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
Wala yamliku allatheenayadAAoona min doonihi ashshafaAAata illaman shahida bilhaqqi wahum yaAAlamoon
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
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.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Those gods they invoke besides Him have no power of intercession, unlike those who bore witness to the truth and recognized it.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And those unto whom they cry instead of Him possess no power of intercession, saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth knowingly.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And those whom they invoke besides Allah have no power of intercession;- only he who bears witness to the Truth, and they know (him).
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And those whom they invoke besides Him have no power to intercede; but those who bear witness to the truth, while they have knowledge (may intercede for the believers with Allah’s permission).
Al-Hilali & Khan
And those whom they invoke instead of Him have no power of intercession - except for those who bear witness to the truth knowingly (i.e. believed in the Oneness of Allâh, and obeyed His Orders), and they know (the facts about the Oneness of Allâh).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Those whom they call upon, instead of Allah have no power of intercession, except such that testify to the truth based on knowledge.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
And those [beings] whom some invoke beside God have it not in their power to intercede [on Judgment Day] for any but such as have [in their lifetime] borne witness to the truth, and have been aware [that God is one and unique].
Rowwad · source edition
Those whom they supplicate[31] besides Him have no power to intercede, except those who testify to the truth knowingly[32].
Notes
[31] i.e., worship. [32] i.e., except those who testify knowingly that none is worthy of worship except Allah, such as Jesus, Ezra, the angels, etc.
Noor International · source edition
(86) And those they invoke[1452] besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.[1453]
Notes
[1452]- i.e., worship. [1453]- That intercession is granted exclusively by permission of Allāh to those He wills.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
86. And those whom they invoke instead of Him have no power of intercession - except for those who bear witness to the truth knowingly (i.e. believed in the Oneness of Allâh, and obeyed His Orders), and they know (the facts about the Oneness of Allâh).[5]
Notes
[5] (V.43:86) See the footnote of (V.2:165).