And the faithless—they are the wrongdoers.

And the faithless—they are the wrongdoers.” Second Category: Verses that negate intercession for a special category There are verses of the Qur’an that negate intercession for a special category of people. For instance, Qur’an 6: 51; 26: 99-101; and 40: 18 are examples of verses which negate intercession for certain categories of people.

In verse 51 of Qur’an 6, Allah says: “And warn by its means those who fear being mustered toward their Lord, besides whom they shall have neither any guardian nor any intercessor, so that they may be Godwary.” Third Category: Verses that limit intercession to Allah Another set of Qur’anic verses restricted intercession to Allah alone. That is to say none other Almighty God has the absolute right to intercession.

For instance, Qur’an 39: 44 and Qur’an 40-42 are some of these verses: “Say, ‘All intercession rests with Allah. To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; then you will be brought back to Him.’” (Qur’an 39:44) Fourth Category: Verses that affirm intercession based on the consent of Allah There are also Qur’anic verses that affirm intercession to other than Allah based on His permission.

For instance, Qur’an 10: 3, 20: 109, 21:28, 34: 23 and 53: 26 are some of these verses: “There is no intercessor, except by His leave. That is Allah, your Lord! So, worship Him.

Will you not then take admonition?” (Qur’an 10: 3) Also, “Intercession will not avail that day except from him whom the All-beneficent allows and approves of his word.” (Qur’an 20: 109) Discussions To understand the meanings and implications of these verses completely and correctly, all of the verses should be studied carefully and considered as a whole to follow the unity of purpose they are meant for.

It is absolutely wrong that we take only one verse from amongst the numerous verses on intercession and neglect the others. The errors that have come into being upon the subject of intercession, are due to such wrong and imperfect investigations. Concerning the first category of verses, these verses explicitly negate intercession on the Day of Judgment and are often cited to disprove intercession. It is necessary to mention that those verses were either addressing polytheists or the Jews.

The polytheists who worship something other than God, and they contend these deities can intercede, while God does not grant such a right to their deities.