The Holy Quran 4:85 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَـٰعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ نَصِيبٌ مِّنْهَا ۖ وَمَن يَشْفَعْ شَفَـٰعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ كِفْلٌ مِّنْهَا ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقِيتًا

Translation

Whoever intercedes (in good acts) in a beautiful manner (according to the laws of the Shari'ah) will receive a (great) share of (rewards for) it. (On the contrary,) Whoever intercedes in an evil manner (disobeying the laws of the Shari'ah) will receive the sin (punishment) for it. Allaah has control (power) over all things (and can reward or punish as He pleases).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

On intercession: that is, if someone exerts himself and intercedes in a good cause, as the Prophet ﷺ urged the Muslims to jihad (striving in the path of Allah), or busies himself in some evil cause, as the hypocrites and the slack Muslims, being afraid of jihad themselves, frightened others too, then in the first case he will receive a share of the reward…

Preview. The full text opens with JavaScript enabled.