INTERCESSION

AND
AYAT UL KURSI
Peace be upon the believers. May the non-believers
be guided. This is a short piece of writing about a
quranic verse known as The Verse of the Throne.

The purpose of the writing is to assist in refuting a

claim. That is the main aim of this essay. While
there are many things to learn, this essay is just
about this one thing.

The claim is that the Verse of The Throne suggests

that Muhammad, the messenger of Allah, will
intercede for believers on Judgement Day.

This writing is not even a full analysis of this great

quranic verse. Praise be to Allah who has blessed us
with guidance. Praise be to Allah who has given us
the intelligence that we need in order to determine
and know that He exists while we can't see Him.

We've never seen Allah, yet we know He exists. It

was not through our sight that we believed, then,
was it?

Now, the purpose of this writing is to dispell the

claim that the Verse of the Throne is a support for
the notion that Muhammad the messenger of Allah
will intercede on Judgement Day.

The following statement summarises it:

The verse is almost exclusively

about Allah. In particular, it is a
list of some of his attributes,
and there is no mention of any
specific time in the verse, nor
mention of any specific
individual.

In the matter of intercession,

the verse provides a teaching
about the nature of intercession
without mentioning specific
instances of intercession;

furthermore, this teaching is

included as a means of showing
one or more of Allah's
 attributes, not as a means of
calling believers to either
engage in, or disengage from,
seeking intercession.

It is easy to see this, in sha Allah. If we look at the

parts of the verse, it should become clear.

There are about 9 or 10 parts, depending on how

you count them out, and it appears that they are all
about Allah's attributes.

1. Allah, there is no God but He;

2. The Hayyu, The Qayyum;

3. Neither sleep nor slumber overtakes Him;

4. Everything in the Heavens and everything in the

Earth are his;

5. Who could intercede with Him unless He

permitted it?;

6. He knows what is in front of people and what is

behind them;

7. They can't obtain anything of his knowledge

unless He wills;
 8. His throne extends as far as the Heavens and
the Earth;

9. He doesn't get fatigued looking after the

Heavens and the Earth;

10. He is the 'Aliyy and the 'Atheem.

The 5th part of the description says “Who is there

that can intercede with Him without his
permission?”. To go and claim that this means that
Muhammad will intercede for us on Judgement Day
because of this is a great leap. It is, by the standard
of ordinary argument, an untenable leap.

The verse doesn't say that Muhammad will

intercede for us, nor does it deny it. It doesn't talk
about it.

It doesn't talk about Muhammad any more than it

does about Jesus. It doesn't support it or deny any
particular intercession claim.

It simply says that there is no interceding, that is,

no intercession, without permission from Allah.

The point is that this verse is not about

intercession. The verse is about Allah. The person
reading the Qur'an is supposed to get a lot of
information about Allah from this verse.

In particular, the mention of intercession here is to

demonstrate Allah's veto power, which is an
indicator of his exclusive sovereignty. The reader of
this verse should be learning about Allah by hearing
about how intercession works. The mention of it is
to teach the listener about Allah.

Intercession claims should not be hung on the

Verse of the Throne.

While this verse is silent on the question of

whether or not Muhammad will intercede for
believers, that itself does not constitute a positive
proof.

Rather, other verses in the Qur'an warn us against

claiming intercessors besides Allah himself.

Intercession is generally something that polytheists

seek, not monotheists.

Allah is The All-Knower. We will all return to Him. I

ask you to consider the facts about intercession well.

It is not worth making a mistake in this matter,

because it constitutes idolatry. May Allah guide the
believers to the truth.

Abdullah Reed