وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَٰمِلٌۭ ۖ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌۭ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَٰذِبٌۭ ۖ وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌۭ
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سُورَةُ هُودٍ
English — Sahih International
And O my people, work according to your position; indeed, I am working. You are going to know to whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him and who is a liar. So watch; indeed, I am with you a watcher, [awaiting the outcome]."
اردو — مودودی
اے میری قوم کے لوگو، تم اپنے طریقے پر کام کیے جاؤ اور میں اپنے طریقے پر کرتا رہوں گا، جلدی ہی تمہیں معلوم ہو جائے گا کہ کس پر ذلت کا عذاب آتا ہے اور کون جھوٹا ہے تم بھی انتظار کرو اور میں بھی تمہارے ساتھ چشم براہ ہوں"
Bahasa Indonesia — Kemenag
Dan (dia berkata): "Hai kaumku, berbuatlah menurut kemampuanmu, sesungguhnya akupun berbuat (pula). Kelak kamu akan mengetahui siapa yang akan ditimpa azab yang menghinakannya dan siapa yang berdusta. Dan tunggulah azab (Tuhan), sesungguhnya akupun menunggu bersama kamu".
Ibn Kathir
Shu` ayb's threatening of His People When the Prophet of Allah,Shu` ayb, despaired of their response to him, he said, "O mypeople
اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ
(Act according to your ability,) This means, "Act according to your current ways." This is actually a severe threat.
إِنِّى عَـمِلٌ
(I am acting.) according to my way.
سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ
(You will come to know who it is on whom descends the torment that will cover him with ignominy, and who is a liar!) meaning, between me and you.
وَارْتَقِبُواْ
(And watch you!) This means to wait.
إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ
(I too am watching with you.) Allah then says,
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِى دِيَـرِهِمْ جَـثِمِينَ
(And when Our commandment came, We saved Shu`ayb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us. And As-Sayhah (awful cry) seized the wrongdoers, and they lay (Jathimin) in their homes.) His saying Jathimin means extinct and lifeless without any movement. Here Allah mentions that a loud cry (Sayhah) came to them. In Surat Al-A`raf He says a severe quake (Rajfah) came to them. In Surat Ash-Shu`ara', He said it was a torment of a cloudy day. They were one nation upon which all of these punishments were gathered on the day of their destruction. In each context, Allah only mentioned that which was suitable. In Surat Al-A`raf when they said,
لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يـشُعَيْبُ وَالَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ
(We shall certainly drive you out, O Shu`ayb, and those who have believed with you from our town.)7:88 In this verse it was suitable to mention a tremor, or quake (Rajfah). The earth in which they practiced their wrongdoing and they wanted to expel their Prophet from it, shook them. Here, due to their disrespectful manners in speaking to their Prophet, Allah mentioned the awful cry (Sayhah) which overcame them and killed them. In Surat Ash-Shu`ara' when they said,
فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّـدِقِينَ
(So cause a piece of the heaven to fall on us, if you are of the truthful!)26:187 Allah said in response,
فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
(So the torment of the day of Shadow seized them. Indeed that was the torment of a Great Day.)26:189 This is from the intricate secrets and to Allah belongs all praise and much bounty forever. Concerning the statement,
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْاْ فِيهَآ
(As if they had never lived there!) This means it was as if they had not lived in their homes before that.
أَلاَ بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ
(So away with Madyan as just as Thamud went away!) They (Thamud) were their neighbors and they did not live far from the homes of the people of Madyan. They were similar in their disbelief and their highway robbery. They were also both Arabs.
المُيَسَّر
ويا قوم اعملوا كل ما تستطيعون على طريقتكم وحالتكم، إني عامل مثابر على طريقتي وما وهبني ربي مِن دعوتكم إلى التوحيد، سوف تعلمون مَن منا يأتيه عذاب يذلُّه، ومَن منا كاذب في قوله، أنا أم أنتم؟ وانتظروا ما سيحل بكم إني معكم من المنتظرين. وهذا تهديد شديد لهم.