Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 121
وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَٰمِلُونَ
And say to those who do not believe, "Work according to your position; indeed, we are working.
waqul lilladhīna lā yu'minūna iʿ'malū ʿalā makānatikum innā ʿāmilūna
Word by word
- وَقُل waqul And say
- لِّلَّذِينَ lilladhīna to those who
- لَا lā (do) not
- يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna believe
- ٱعْمَلُوا۟ iʿ'malū Work
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā (according) to
- مَكَانَتِكُمْ makānatikum your position
- إِنَّا innā indeed, we
- عَـٰمِلُونَ ʿāmilūna (are also) working
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah, the Exalted, commands His Messenger to say to those who disbelieve in what he has come ...
(Act according to your ability) This means upon your path and your way.
(We are acting (in our way). This means that we are upon our path and our way (Islam).
(And you wait ! We (too) are waiting.) This means,
(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.