Transliteration:( Wa lam yakul lahum min shurakaaa'ihim shufa'aaa'u wa kaanoo bishurakaaa'ihim kaafireen )
24. This tells us that intercession is not for the false dieties. The Prophets and Saints of Allah Almighty will intercede for the creation.
25. The infidel begins to reject the divinity of his false idols at the time of death, and believe in Allah Almighty and His Beloved Prophet But this belief will not صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم benefit him. At the beginning of the Day of Judgement they would say that they were never polytheists at all. Then they will acknowledge it. Thus, this verse is not in contradiction with the other verses.
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The tafsir of Surah Ar-Rum verse 13 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Rum ayat 11 which provides the complete commentary from verse 11 through 16.
(30:13) None whom they had associated with Allah in His Divinity will intercede on their behalf;[16] rather, they will disown those whom they had set up as Allah’s associates in His Divinity.[17]
16. “Associates” (shuraka) includes three kinds of beings:
(1) The angels, prophets, saints, martyrs and the righteous men, to whom the polytheists assigned divine attributes and powers in different ages and whom they worshiped as gods. On Resurrection Day, they will say to their worshipers, “You did whatever you did without our consent, rather against our teachings and guidance. Therefore, we have nothing to do with you. Do not place any hope in us that we will intercede for you before Allah Almighty.”
(2) Inanimate things like the moon, the sun, the planets, trees, stones, animals, etc. The polytheists worshiped them as gods, prayed to them, but the poor things themselves were unaware that the vicegerent of Allah was worshiping them so humbly and devotedly. Evidently, none of these also will come forward to intercede for him.
(3) The arch-criminals, who by deception and fraud, or by use of force, compelled the servants of God to worship others, e.g. Satan, false religious guides, and tyrants and despots. They themselves will be in trouble there. Not to speak of interceding for others, they will rather try to prove before God that their worshipers and followers were themselves responsible for their crimes, and therefore, they should not be made to bear the burden of their deviation. Thus, the polytheists there will not get any intercession from anywhere.
17. That is, the polytheists will themselves admit that they had wrongly held them associates of God. They will realize that none of them really had any share in Godhood. Therefore, in the Hereafter they will disown the shirk on which they insist in the world.
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