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Allah has prepared a terrible punishment for sor besides Allah. Were he to offer every kind of
them. So have fear of Allah, people of intelli- compensation, it would not be accepted from
gence–those who believe–Allah has sent down a him. Such people are delivered up to destruction
reminder to you. (65:10) for what they have earned. They will have scald-
They will say, ‘If only we had really listened and ing water to drink and a painful punishment be-
used our intellect, we would not have been cause they disbelieved. (6:70)
Companions of the Blaze.’ (67:10) ‘You have come to Us all alone just as We cre-
By the dawn and ten nights, and the even and ated you at first, leaving behind you everything
odd, and the night when it travels on, is there not We bestowed on you. We do not see your inter-
in that an oath for the intelligent? (89:1-5) cessors accompanying you, those you claimed
were your partners with Allah. The link between
INTENTION you is cut. Those you made such claims for have
Allah will not take you to task for inadvertent forsaken you.’ (6:94)
statements in your oaths, but He will take you to What are they waiting for but its fulfilment? The
task for the intention your hearts have made. Day its fulfilment occurs, those who forgot it be-
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (2:225) fore will say, ‘The Messengers of our Lord came
with the Truth. Are there any intercessors to inter-
INTERCESSION cede for us, or can we be sent back so that we
Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to can do something other than what we did?’ They
compensate for another in any way. No interces- have lost their own selves and what they in-
sion will be accepted from it, no ransom taken vented has forsaken them. (7:53)
from it, and they will not be helped. (2:48, 2:123) Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and
You who believe! Give away some of what We the earth in six days and then established Himself
have provided for you before a Day arrives on firmly on the Throne. He directs the whole affair.
which there is no trading, no close friendship No one can intercede except with His permis-
and no intercession. It is the disbelievers who are sion. That is Allah your Lord, so worship Him.
the wrongdoers. (2:254) Will you not pay heed? (10:3)
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the They worship, instead of Allah, what can neither
Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness harm them nor help them, saying, ‘These are our
or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth intercessors with Allah.’ Say: ‘Would you inform
belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him Allah of something about which He does not
except by His permission? He knows what is be- know either in the heavens or on the earth?’ May
fore them and what is behind them but they can- He be glorified and exalted above what they as-
not grasp any of His knowledge save what He sociate with Him! (10:18)
wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens They have no right of intercession. None do but
and the earth and their preservation does not tire those who have a contract with the All-Merciful.
Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (19:87)
(2:255) On that Day intercession will not be of any use
Warn by it those who fear they will be gathered except for him whom the All-Merciful has autho-
to their Lord, having no protector or intercessor rised and with whose speech He is well-pleased.
apart from Him, so that hopefully they will guard (20:109)
against evil. (6:51) He knows what is in front of them and what is
Abandon those who have turned their religion behind them. They only intercede on behalf of
into a game and a diversion and who have been those with whom He is pleased, and even they
deluded by the life of this world. Remind by it are apprehensive out of fear of Him. (21:28)
lest a person is delivered up to destruction for (They will say,) ‘And now we have no one to in-
what he has earned with no protector or interces- tercede for us.’ (26:100)
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