Transliteration:( Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een )
43. From this we learn that non-intercession is for the infidels. There will be intercession for the believers. Also, that there are many to provide intercession as can be seen from the plural form of intercessors. The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is called the intercessor of the sinners, because he is the intercessor of the major sins.
44. It should be remembered that here the meaning of intercession would not be beneficial; means there will be no intercession for them at all. But, it does not mean that intercession will take place, but it will not be beneficial.
The tafsir of Surah Muddaththir verse 48 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Muddaththir ayat 38 which provides the complete commentary from verse 38 through 56.
36. That is, even if an intercessor interceded for a person who persisted in this way of life till death, he would not be forgiven. The question of intercession has been fully explained at many places in the Quran that no one can have any difficulty in knowing and understanding as to who can intercede and who cannot, when one can intercede and when one cannot, for whom one can intercede and for whom one cannot, and for whom intercession is beneficial and for whom it is not. As one of the major causes of the people’s deviation in the world is their false concept about intercession, it has been explained at such length in the Quran as to leave no room for any doubt and ambiguity. For example, see (Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat 255); (Surah Al-Anaam, Ayat 94); (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 53); (Surah Younus, Ayat 3-18); (Surah Maryam, Ayat 87); (Surah TaHa, Ayat 109); (Surah Al-Anbiya, Ayat 28); (Surah Saba, Ayat 23); (Surah Az-Zumar, Ayat 43-44); (Surah Al-Momin, Ayat 18); (Surah Ad-Dukhan, Ayat 86); (Surah An-Najm, Ayat 26); (Surah An-Naba, Ayat 37-38).
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