Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 39 (39:39)

ٱلزُّمَر

قُلْ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَٰمِلٌ ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Quran 39:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 462 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:39
قُلْيَٰقَوْمِٱعْمَلُوا۟عَلَىٰمَكَانَتِكُمْإِنِّىعَٰمِلٌ ۖفَسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ٣٩
qul yāqawmi iʿ'malū ʿalā makānatikum innī ʿāmilun fasawfa taʿlamūna

Say, "O my people, work according to your position, [for] indeed, I am working; and you are going to know(39)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  3. ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūWork
  4. عَلَىٰʿalā(according) to
  5. مَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour position
  6. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I am
  7. عَٰمِلٌ ۖʿāmilunworking
  8. فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
  9. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou will know

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