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Surah Hud, Ayah 121 (11:121)

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وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَٰمِلُونَ

Quran 11:121 is ayah 121 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 235 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:121
وَقُللِّلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَٱعْمَلُوا۟عَلَىٰمَكَانَتِكُمْإِنَّاعَٰمِلُونَ١٢١
waqul lilladhīna lā yu'minūna iʿ'malū ʿalā makānatikum innā ʿāmilūna

And say to those who do not believe, "Work according to your position; indeed, we are working.(121)

Word by word

  1. وَقُلwaqulAnd say
  2. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  3. لَاlā(do) not
  4. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  5. ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūWork
  6. عَلَىٰʿalā(according) to
  7. مَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour position
  8. إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
  9. عَٰمِلُونَʿāmilūna(are also) working

Tafsir (commentary) of 11:121

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This commentary explains ayahs 11:121–122 together.

Allah, the Exalted, commands His Messenger to say to those who disbelieve in what he has come ...

اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ

(Act according to your ability) This means upon your path and your way.

إِنَّا عَامِلُونَ

(We are acting (in our way). This means that we are upon our path and our way (Islam).

وَانْتَظِرُواْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ

(And you wait ! We (too) are waiting.) This means,

فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُ عَـقِبَةُ الدَّارِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّـلِمُونَ

(And you will come to know for which of us will be the (happy) end in the Hereafter. Certainly the wrongdoers will not be successful.)6:135 Verily, Allah fulfilled His promise to His Messenger , helped him and aided him. He made His Word uppermost (victorious), and the word of those who disbelieved lowly and disgraced. Allah is truly the Most Mighty, Most Wise.

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