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Is there intercession or not? (Do 2:48 and 2:255 contradict?)

The claim: "2:48 says intercession will not be accepted; but 2:255 and other verses speak of intercession by permission. A contradiction."

The two statements deny / affirm different things

So what is denied is autonomous, guaranteed mediation; what is accepted is intercession only by God's leave. These are different propositions; there is no contradiction.

An honest limit

This harmony is a linguistic-logical reading, resting on the verses' own clauses ("except by His leave" / "whom He is pleased with"). While the scope of intercession (its extent, for whom) is a debate between schools, the claim "2:48 contradicts 2:255" loses its force once the clauses are seen.

Source: Qur'anic verses (M. Okuyan meal). Presented soberly and respectfully, with a text/interpretation distinction.

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