Surah Hud ayat 93 Tafsir Quran 11:93

﴿وَيَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّي عَامِلٌ ۖ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ ۖ وَارْتَقِبُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ﴾
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11:93 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]."

And O my people act according to your ability your circumstances lo! I too am acting according to mine. You will soon know upon whom man is the relative particle introducing the direct object of the action of ‘knowing’ will come the chastisement that will abase him and who is a liar. And sit in watch wait for the consequence of your affair I too will be with you watching’ waiting.

Shuaib continued: My people, you may pursue what your minds and souls impel you to do, but I am steering my course of action by guiding indications set by Providence Who guides to all truth. And you shall soon come to know who shall be befallen with a humiliating punishment and who it is that lies and intentionally asserts falsehood. You just be on the watch for the justice prepared above in heavens realm and I will also be on the watch

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.

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.

( And, O my people! Act according to your power ) act in your dwellings according to your religion to destroy me, ( lo, I (too ) am acting) to destroy you. ( You will soon know on whom there cometh a doom that will abase him ) and destroy, ( and who it is that lieth ) about Allah. ( And watch! ) wait for my destruction! ( Lo! I am watcher with you ) I am also waiting for your destruction.

"And O my people! Act according to your ability and way, and I am acting (on my way). You will come to know who it is on whom descends the torment that will cover him with ignominy, and who is a liar! And watch you! Verily, I too am watching with you."

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