In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the
Merciful
Extract from Chapter 34 of QUR’AANIC STUDIES – A Modern Tafsir:
23. Wala tanfaAAu
alshshafaAAatu AAindahu illa liman athina lahu hatta itha fuzziAAa AAan quloobihim qaloo
matha qala rabbukum
qaloo alhaqqa wahuwa alAAaliyyu alkabeeru
23. And intercession is
of no avail with Him, except from him whom He permits. Until when fear is
removed from their hearts, they (seekers of intercession) ask (those whom they
considered to be their intercessors), “What is it that your Lord said?” They
say, “The Truth. And He is the High, the Great.”7
7. It is unfortunate that a majority among
Muslims consider Prophet Muhammad (peace on him) to be their intercessor with
Allah on the Judgment Day. In this they follow Christians who take Prophet
Jesus (peace on him) as their intercessor. Both communities have gone astray
from divine teachings. The divine teaching in this Verse is a categorical No to
intercession, but the No has a rider by way of a test – to test mankind whether
they would succumb to subtle satanic deviation inherent therein. After the
categorical No to intercession, the Verse here alludes that Allah Ta’ala may
however accept the intercession of him whom He may permit to intercede. But the
Qur’aan has nowhere told us that Allah Almighty has permitted Prophet Muhammad
or any other Prophet to intercede! The Muslims – and not Allah Almighty – have
given their Prophet the permission!! They have thus fallen deeply into the
unpardonable crime of shirk just as
their Christian brothers have. Also, please see Verse 2:48 and the study note
thereunder (Manzil I) in this regard.
Friday, the 10th of November 2017.
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