Surah Hud 11:93 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ وَيَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّي عَامِلٌ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ وَارْتَقِبُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ

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ۖ
ۖ
وَيَا قَوْمِ
wayaqawmi
And O my people!
اعْمَلُوا
i'malu
Work
عَلَى
ala
(according) to
مَكَانَتِكُمْ
makanatikum
your position
إِنِّي
inni
indeed I am
عَامِلٌ
amilun
working
سَوْفَ
sawfa
Soon
تَعْلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
you will know
مَن
man
(on) whom
يَأْتِيهِ
yatihi
will come
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
a punishment
يُخْزِيهِ
yukh'zihi
(that will) disgrace him
وَمَنْ
waman
and who
هُوَ
huwa
[he]
كَاذِبٌ
kadhibun
(is) a liar
وَارْتَقِبُوا
wa-ir'taqibu
And watch
إِنِّي
inni
indeed I am
مَعَكُمْ
ma'akum
with you
رَقِيبٌ
raqibun
a watcher

Transliteration

Wa yaa qawmi' maloo 'alaa makaanatikum innee 'aamilun sawfa ta'lamoona mai yaateehi 'azaabuny yukhzeehi wa man huwa kaazib; wartaqibooo innnee ma'akum raqeeb

Translation

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]."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O my people, do what you are able to in the manner you wish. I will also act in the manner I wish, as far as I can. Soon, you will come to know which of us is to receive a punishment of humiliation as justice, and who is lying in their claim. So wait for Allah’s decision and I will also wait with you.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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