48فَما تَنفَعُهُم شَفاعَةُ الشّافِعينَMuhammad AsadAnd so, of no benefit to them could be the intercession of any that would intercede for them.1Lit., "the intercession of intercessors" - implying that there would be none to intercede for them with God. As regards the much-misunderstood Islamic concept of "intercession", see 10:3 - "there is none that could intercede with Him unless He grants His leave therefor" - and the corresponding note 7.