Surah 6. Al-An'am, Ayah 135
| قُلْ يَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّي عَامِلٌ ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ تَكُونُ لَهُ عَاقِبَةُ الدَّارِ ۗ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | qul yaa qawm -e icmalo calaa makaanah -kum 'inni -y caamil fa- sawfa taclamon man takon la- -hu caaqibah ad- daar 'inna -hu laa yuflih. az.- z.aalimon |
| Pickthall | : | Say (O Muhammad) : O my people! Work according to your power. Lo! I too am working. Thus ye will come to know for which of us will be the happy sequel. Lo! the wrong- doers will not be successful. |
| Asad | : | Say: "O my [unbelieving] people! Do yet all that may be within your power, [while] I, behold, shall labour [in God's way]; and in time you will come to know to whom the future belongs.118 Verily, never will evildoers attain to a happy state!" |
| Malik | : | O Muhammad, tell them: "O my people! If you don't listen to me, do whatever you want and I'll do whatever I deem right; you will soon find out who is to gain the reward of the hereafter; rest assured that the wrongdoers will not get salvation." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Say: "O my people! do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): soon will ye know who it is whose end will be (best) in the Hereafter: certain it is that the wrong-doers will not prosper." 957 |
Note - 118Lit., "to whom the [happy] end of the abode shall
belong". The term "abode" (dar) is used in the Qur'an
with reference to both the life of this world (dar
ad-dunya) and the life to come (dar al-akhirah). Most of
the commentators are of the opinion that it refers here
to the life to come; Zamakhshari, however, relates it to
life on earth. Since either of these interpretations is
agreeable with the text, I have chosen the above
rendering which comprises both.
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Note - 957In so far as this is addressed to the Unbelievers it is a
challenge: "Do your utmost; nothing will deter me from my
duty: we shall see who wins in the end." Passing from
the particular occasion, we can understand it in a more
general sense, which is true for all time. Let the evil
ones do their worst. Let those who believe do all they
can, according to their opportunities and abilities. The
individual must do the straight duty that lies before
him. In the end God will judge, and His judgement is
always true and just.
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Lit., "to whom the [happy] end of the abode shall belong". The term "abode" (dar) is used in the Qur'an with reference to both the life of this world (dar ad-dunya) and the life to come (dar al-akhirah). Most of the commentators are of the opinion that it refers here to the life to come; Zamakhshari, however, relates it to life on earth. Since either of these interpretations is agreeable with the text, I have chosen the above rendering which comprises both. |
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In so far as this is addressed to the Unbelievers it is a challenge: "Do your utmost; nothing will deter me from my duty: we shall see who wins in the end." Passing from the particular occasion, we can understand it in a more general sense, which is true for all time. Let the evil ones do their worst. Let those who believe do all they can, according to their opportunities and abilities. The individual must do the straight duty that lies before him. In the end God will judge, and His judgement is always true and just. |
