وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا لَا تَجْزِي نَفْسٌ عَنْ نَفْسٍ شَيْئًا
Fear a Day when no soul will avail another at all. (Al-Baqarah 2:48)
This and mā li-l-ẓālimīna min ḥamīmin wa-lā shafīʿin yuṭāʿ (Ghafir 40:18) are cited against intercession. The reply considers persons, times, and circumstances: some passages negate effective intercession for unbelievers, while other texts affirm accepted intercession for believers.
Reconciliation seeks to specify each text's application, not to discard a verse.
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Intercession for Major Sinners and the Non-Eternity of Sinful Believers in Hell
وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا لَا تَجْزِي نَفْسٌ عَنْ نَفْسٍ شَيْئًا
Fear a Day when no soul will avail another at all. (Al-Baqarah 2:48)
This and mā li-l-ẓālimīna min ḥamīmin wa-lā shafīʿin yuṭāʿ (Ghafir 40:18) are cited against intercession. The reply considers persons, times, and circumstances: some passages negate effective intercession for unbelievers, while other texts affirm accepted intercession for believers.
Reconciliation seeks to specify each text's application, not to discard a verse.