Quran Universe
30:13

وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُم مِّن شُرَكَآئِهِمۡ شُفَعَـٰٓؤُاْ وَكَانُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ كَٰفِرِينَ

Walam yakun lahum min shurakaihim shufaAAao wakanoo bishurakaihim kafireena

And there will not be for them among their [alleged] partners any intercessors, and they will [then] be disbelievers in their partners.

Word by word
  1. وَلَمۡAnd not
  2. يَكُنwill be
  3. لَّهُمfor them
  4. مِّنamong
  5. شُرَكَآئِهِمۡtheirs partners
  6. شُفَعَـٰٓؤُاْany intercessors
  7. وَكَانُواْand they will be
  8. بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡin their partners
  9. كَٰفِرِينَdisbelievers
Ar-Rum · 30:13Makkah

The partners they relied on will not speak for them.

What you trusted instead of Allah walks away

When it counts
the worshippersin desperate need
turn to
their partnersno intercession
and then
disown themeach rejects the other
What was trusted
they will speak for mefalse backup
only Allahwas ever able to

Ibn Kathir explains that the gods they worshipped instead of Allah will not intercede for them. They will reject and betray them, just when they are needed most. And the worshippers themselves will disown what they once relied on.

You count on someone or something: the boss who likes you, the reputation, the clever plan. It all looks like backup. Then a crisis comes and none of it can reach the real problem. Only Allah stands with you in every situation.

I have people and plans to fall back on.

Everything I lean on besides Allah will step back when I need it most.

Try this

Name one thing you rely on more than Allah. Ask Him today for what you were asking from it.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 30:11)

Allah originates the creation, then He will repeat it, then to Him you will be returned (11)And on the Day when the Hour will be established, the criminals will be plunged into destruction with despair (12)No intercessors will they have from those whom they made equal with Allah, and they will reject and deny their partners (13)And on the Day when the Hour will be established – that Day shall they be separated (14)Then as for those who believed and did righteous good deeds, such shall be honored and made to enjoy a luxurious life in a Garden of Delight (15)And as for those who disbelieved and denied Our Ayat, and the meeting of the Hereafter, such shall be brought forth to the torment.) Allah sai (16)

اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ 

(Allah originates the creation, then He will repeat it,) Just as He was able to create it in the first place, so He is also able to repeat it.

ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

(then to Him you will be returned.) on the Day of Resurrection, when each will be requited according to his deeds. Then Allah says:

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

(And on the Day when the Hour will be established, the criminals will be plunged into destruction with despair.) Ibn 'Abbas said, "The sinners will be filled with despair." Mujahid said, "The sinners will be exposed;" according to another report he said, "The sinners will grieve."

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مِنْ شُرَكَائِهِمْ شُفَعَاءُ 

(No intercessors will they have from those whom they made equal with Allah,) means, the gods whom they used to worship instead of Allah will not intercede for them; they will reject them and betray them despite their desperate need of them. Then Allah says:

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ 

(And on the Day when the Hour will be established – that Day shall (all men) be separated.) Qatadah said: "By Allah, this refers to the separation after which there will be no reunion." In other words, if one person is taken up to the highest heights and another is sent down to the lowest depths of Hell, that is the last they will ever see of one another. Allah says:

فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَهُمْ فِي رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ 

(Then as for those who believed and did righteous good deeds, such shall be honored and made to enjoy a luxurious life in a Garden of Delight.) Mujahid and Qatadah said, "This means, they will enjoy a life of luxury."