Transliteration:( Famaa tanfa'uhum shafaa'atush shaafi'een )
“So the intercession of the intercessors will not benefit them.”
This verse clarifies that the intercession will not benefit the disbelievers. Intercession is only valid for the believers, and there will be those who are appointed as intercessors. The plural form of "intercessors" indicates that many can intercede on behalf of others, with the Holy Prophet ﷺ being the chief intercessor for the sinners, especially for those with major sins.
However, it is crucial to understand that for the disbelievers, intercession will not be beneficial. This means that while intercession may occur for believers, it will not apply to the disbelievers, and no matter how much intercession takes place, it will not change their fate.
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.
(74:48) The intercession of the intercessors shall then be of no avail to them.[36]
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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