Tafheem ul Quran

Surah 19 Maryam, Ayat 83-98

اَلَمۡ تَرَ اَنَّاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا الشَّيٰـطِيۡنَ عَلَى الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ تَؤُزُّهُمۡ اَزًّا ۙ‏ ﴿19:83﴾ فَلَا تَعۡجَلۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ​ ؕ اِنَّمَا نَـعُدُّ لَهُمۡ عَدًّا​ ۚ‏ ﴿19:84﴾ يَوۡمَ نَحۡشُرُ الۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ اِلَى الرَّحۡمٰنِ وَفۡدًا​ ۙ‏ ﴿19:85﴾ وَّنَسُوۡقُ الۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَ اِلٰى جَهَـنَّمَ وِرۡدًا​ ۘ‏ ﴿19:86﴾ لَا يَمۡلِكُوۡنَ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِنۡدَ الرَّحۡمٰنِ عَهۡدًا​ ۘ‏ ﴿19:87﴾ وَقَالُوۡا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحۡمٰنُ وَلَدًا ؕ‏ ﴿19:88﴾ لَـقَدۡ جِئۡتُمۡ شَيۡـئًـا اِدًّا ۙ‏ ﴿19:89﴾ تَكَادُ السَّمٰوٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِنۡهُ وَتَـنۡشَقُّ الۡاَرۡضُ وَتَخِرُّ الۡجِبَالُ هَدًّا ۙ‏ ﴿19:90﴾ اَنۡ دَعَوۡا لِـلرَّحۡمٰنِ وَلَدًا​ ۚ‏ ﴿19:91﴾ وَمَا يَنۡۢبَـغِىۡ لِلرَّحۡمٰنِ اَنۡ يَّتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا ؕ‏ ﴿19:92﴾ اِنۡ كُلُّ مَنۡ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ اِلَّاۤ اٰتِى الرَّحۡمٰنِ عَبۡدًا ؕ‏ ﴿19:93﴾ لَـقَدۡ اَحۡصٰٮهُمۡ وَعَدَّهُمۡ عَدًّا‏ ﴿19:94﴾ وَكُلُّهُمۡ اٰتِيۡهِ يَوۡمَ الۡقِيٰمَةِ فَرۡدًا‏ ﴿19:95﴾ اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ سَيَجۡعَلُ لَهُمُ الرَّحۡمٰنُ وُدًّا‏ ﴿19:96﴾ فَاِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ الۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ وَتُنۡذِرَ بِهٖ قَوۡمًا لُّدًّا‏ ﴿19:97﴾ وَكَمۡ اَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُمۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡنٍؕ هَلۡ تُحِسُّ مِنۡهُمۡ مِّنۡ اَحَدٍ اَوۡ تَسۡمَعُ لَهُمۡ رِكۡزًا‏ ﴿19:98﴾

(19:83) Do you not see that We have sent devils upon the unbelievers who greatly incite them (to oppose the Truth)? (19:84) Therefore, do not hasten (in seeking a scourge against them). We are counting their days.51 (19:85) The Day shall soon come when We shall bring together the God-fearing to the Most Compassionate Lord, as honoured guests; (19:86) and We shall drive the guilty ones to Hell as a thirsty herd. (19:87) On that Day none will have the power to intercede for them except those who received a sanction from the Most Compassionate Lord.52 (19:88) They claim: "The Most Compassionate Lord has taken a son to Himself." (19:89) Surely you have made a monstrous statement. (19:90) It is such a monstrosity that heavens might well-nigh burst forth at it, the earth might be cleaved, and the mountains fall (19:91) at their ascribing a son to the Most Compassionate Lord. (19:92) It does not befit the Most Compassionate Lord that He should take a son. (19:93) There is no one in the heavens and the earth but he shall come to the Most Compassionate Lord as His servant. (19:94) Verily He encompasses them and has counted them all. (19:95) On the Day of Resurrection each one of these will come to Him singly. (19:96) Indeed, the Most Compassionate Lord will soon create enduring love for those who believe and do righteous works.53 (19:97) Therefore, We have revealed the Qur'an in your tongue and made it easy to understand that you may give glad tidings to the God-fearing and warn a contentious people. (19:98) How numerous are the peoples that We destroyed before them! Do you now perceive any one of them, or hear even their whisper?


Notes

51. That is: Endure their persecutions patiently a little more, for the time of their punishment is coming near, for We have given them respite for a fixed term, and let that term expire.

52. This implies two things: (1) Intercession will be allowed only for the one who might have received permission for it from the Merciful, that is, the one who believed in Allah in the world and made himself deserving of His pardon. (2) Only that one will be able to plead intercession who might have received permission for this from the Merciful, and not those ones whom people themselves had made their intercessors without any reason.