Surah Saba
وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُۥ ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ
Wa lā tanfa‘usy-syafā‘atu ‘indahū illā liman ażina lah(ū), ḥattā iżā fuzzi‘a ‘an qulūbihim qālū māżā, qāla rabbukum, qālul-ḥaqq(a), wa huwal-‘aliyyul-kabīr(u).
And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.
📝 Footnotes
627) The granting of intercession (shafa'ah) only takes place by the permission of Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He). Both those who will be permitted to grant intercession and those who are to receive it feel fear and anxious anticipation while waiting for Allah's permission.