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شَفَٰعَة
English Translationthe intercession
Frequency13
Surah Al-Muddathir (74:48) Quran.com
فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشَّافِعِينَ So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors. (Sahih International)
Surah An-Najm (53:26) Quran.com
لَا تُغْنِي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves. (Sahih International)
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:86) Quran.com
وَلَا يَمْلِكُ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ إِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ 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. (Sahih International)
Surah Yasin (36:23) Quran.com
إِنْ يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me? (Sahih International)
Surah Ta-Ha (20:109) Quran.com
يَوْمَئِذٍ لَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَٰنُ That Day, no intercession will benefit except [that of] one to whom the Most Merciful has given permission and has accepted his word. (Sahih International)
Surah Maryam (19:87) Quran.com
لَا يَمْلِكُونَ الشَّفَاعَةَ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:123) Quran.com
وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنْفَعُهَا شَفَاعَةٌ And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided. (Sahih International)
Surah Az-Zumar (39:44) Quran.com
قُلْ لِلَّهِ الشَّفَاعَةُ جَمِيعًا لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ Say, "To Allah belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned." (Sahih International)
Surah Saba (34:23) Quran.com
وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:254) Quran.com
أَنْفِقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلَا خُلَّةٌ وَلَا شَفَاعَةٌ O you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:48) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. شَفَٰعَة was only mentioned 13 times in the Quran. وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided. (Sahih International)