غَافِر : ١٨

  • وَأَنذِرۡهُمۡ And warn them
  • يَوۡمَ (of the) Day
  • ٱلۡأٓزِفَةِ the Approaching
  • إِذِ when
  • ٱلۡقُلُوبُ the hearts
  • لَدَى (are) at
  • ٱلۡحَنَاجِرِ the throats
  • كَٰظِمِينَۚ choked
  • مَا Not
  • لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ for the wrongdoers
  • مِنۡ any
  • حَمِيمٖ intimate friend
  • وَلَا and no
  • شَفِيعٖ intercessor
  • يُطَاعُ (who) is obeyed
And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.
And warn them of the Impending Day, namely, the Day of Resurrection (al-azifa, as in azifa al-raheelu, 'departure is very near') when the hearts will, rising up in fear, reach the throats, choking with anguish, filled with [suppressed] anxiety (kaazimeena is a circumstantial qualifier referring to al-quloobu, 'the hearts', which is qualified by the [active animate participle] plural [kaazimeena] and referred to as though they were the very individuals themselves). The evildoers will not have any intimate [friend], [any] sympathiser, nor any intercessor who might be heeded - the adjectival qualification ['who might be heeded'] has no [literal] significance, for they do not have intercessors in the first place: So [now] we have no intercessors . [Q. 26:100]. The first part, however, may [be said to] have significance if [understand] on the basis of their claim to have intercessors, and so, in other words, even if - hypothetically speaking - they [their intercessors] did intercede for them, they would not be heeded.