Surah Hud, Ayah 121
Quran 11:121 · Hud · Makki · Para 12 · Page 235
وَقُلْ لِّلَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ اعْمَلُوْا عَلٰی مَكَانَتِكُمْ ؕ اِنَّا عٰمِلُوْنَ ۟ۙ
Transliteration
Waqul lillatheena layu/minoona iAAmaloo AAala makanatikum innaAAamiloon
Saheeh International
And say to those who do not believe, "Work according to your position; indeed, we are working.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
Say, O Messenger, to those who do not have faith in Allah and do not accept His Oneness: Act according to your way of ignoring the truth and preventing others from it. We will also act according to our way of remaining firm on it, inviting towards it and being patient in it.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) on 11:121–11:122
And say to those who do not believe: "Act according to your ability and way, We are acting (121)And you wait! We (too) are waiting. (122)
Allah, the Exalted, commands His Messenger ﷺ to say to those who disbelieve in what he has come with from his lord,by way of warning,
اعْمَلُوا عَلَىٰ 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).
وَانتَظِرُوا إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ
(And you wait ! We (too) are waiting.) This means,
فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُ عَاقِبَةُ الدَّارِ ۗ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ
(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 ﷺ, 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.