Hud, verse 122
وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ
and ‘Wait: we too are waiting.’
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 11:121.
Allah, the Exalted, commands His Messenger to say to those who disbelieve in what he has come ... اعْمَلُواْ عَلَى 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). وَانْتَظِرُواْ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ (And you wait ! We (too) are waiting.) This means, فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُ عَقِبَةُ الدَّارِ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّلِمُونَ (And you will come to know for which of us will be the (happy) end in the Hereafter. Certainly the wrongdoers will…
Around this verse
- Verse 120 وَكُلًّا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۚ وَجَآءَكَ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ So [Muhammad], We have told you the stories of the prophets to make your heart firm and in these accounts truth has come to you, as well as lessons and reminders for the believers.
- Verse 121 وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَـٰمِلُونَ Say to those who do not believe, ‘Do whatever you can: we too are doing what we can,’
- Verse 122
- Verse 123 وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُ ٱلْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُۥ فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ All that is hidden in the heavens and earth belongs to God, and all authority goes back to Him. So [Prophet], worship Him, and put your trust in Him: your Lord is never unaware of what you [people] are doing.