Al-An'am 6:135
The Cattle · Juz 8 · Page 145
قُلۡ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمۡ إِنِّي عَامِلٞۖ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ١٣٥
Say, "O my people, work according to your position; [for] indeed, I am working. And you are going to know who will have succession in the home.1 Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed."
1 translator’s note
- i.e., in the land or in the Hereafter. ↩
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Commentary on 6:135
المَكانَةُ تَكُونُ مَصْدَرًا، يُقالُ: مَكُنَ مَكانَةً: إذا تَمَكَّنَ أبْلَغَ التَمَكُّنِ، وبِمَعْنى: المَكانِ، يُقالُ: مَكانٌ، ومَكانَةٌ، ومَقامٌ، ومَقامَةٌ،وَقَوْلُهُ: ﴿يا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلى مَكانَتِكُمْ﴾ يَحْتَمِلُ: اعْمَلُوا عَلى تَمَكُّنِكم مِن أمْرِكُمْ، وأقْصى اسْتِطاعَتِكم وإمْكانِكُمْ، واعْمَلُوا عَلى جِهَتِكم وحالِكُمُ الَّتِي أنْتُمْ عَلَيْها، ويُقالُ لِلرَّجُلِ إذا أُمِرَ أنْ يَثْبُتَ عَلى حالِهِ: عَلى مَكانَتِكَ يا فُلانُ، أيِ: اثْبُتْ عَلى ما أنْتَ عَلَيْهِ.
﴿إنِّي عامِلٌ﴾ عَلى مَكانَتِي الَّتِي أنا عَلَيْها، أيِ: اثْبُتُوا عَلى كُفْرِكم وعَداوَتِكم لِي، فَإنِّي ثابِتٌ عَلى الإسْلامِ، وعَلى مُصابِرَتِكُمْ، وهو أمْرُ تَهْدِيدٍ ووَعِيدٍ، ودَلِيلُهُ قَوْلُهُ: ﴿فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُ عاقِبَةُ الدارِ﴾ أيْ: فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ أيُّنا تَكُونُ لَهُ العاقِبَةُ المَحْمُودَةُ، وهَذا طَرِيقٌ لَطِيفٌ في الإنْذارِ [ ﴿إنَّهُ لا يُفْلِحُ الظالِمُونَ﴾ أيِ: الكافِرُونَ]. "مَكاناتِكُمْ" حَيْثُ كانَ: أبُو بَكْرٍ. (يَكُونُ) حَمْزَةُ، وعَلِيٌّ. ومَوْضِعُ "مَن" رَفْعٌ إذا كانَ بِمَعْنى أيٍّ، وعُلِّقَ عَنْهُ فِعْلُ العِلْمِ، أوْ نَصْبٌ إذا كانَ بِمَعْنى الَّذِي.
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6:132
وَلِكُلّٖ دَرَجَٰتٞ مِّمَّا عَمِلُواْۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٣٢
And for all are degrees [i.e., positions resulting] from what they have done. And your Lord is not unaware of what they do.
6:133
وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ذُو ٱلرَّحۡمَةِۚ إِن يَشَأۡ يُذۡهِبۡكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفۡ مِنۢ بَعۡدِكُم مَّا يَشَآءُ كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوۡمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ ١٣٣
And your Lord is the Free of need, the possessor of mercy. If He wills, He can do away with you and give succession after you to whomever He wills, just as He produced you from the descendants of another people.
6:134
إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَأٓتٖۖ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ ١٣٤
Indeed, what you are promised is coming, and you will not cause failure [to Allāh].1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., You will neither escape nor prevent its occurrence. ↩
6:135
قُلۡ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡمَلُواْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمۡ إِنِّي عَامِلٞۖ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ١٣٥
Say, "O my people, work according to your position; [for] indeed, I am working. And you are going to know who will have succession in the home.1 Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed."
1 translator’s note
- i.e., in the land or in the Hereafter. ↩
6:136
وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَرۡثِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ نَصِيبٗا فَقَالُواْ هَٰذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعۡمِهِمۡ وَهَٰذَا لِشُرَكَآئِنَاۖ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ فَلَا يَصِلُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَىٰ شُرَكَآئِهِمۡۗ سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ١٣٦
And they [i.e., the polytheists] assign to Allāh from that which He created of crops and livestock a share and say, "This is for Allāh," by their claim, "and this is for our 'partners' [associated with Him]." But what is for their "partners" does not reach Allāh, while what is for Allāh - this reaches their "partners." Evil is that which they rule.
6:137
وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ قَتۡلَ أَوۡلَٰدِهِمۡ شُرَكَآؤُهُمۡ لِيُرۡدُوهُمۡ وَلِيَلۡبِسُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دِينَهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُۖ فَذَرۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَفۡتَرُونَ ١٣٧
And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners1 have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
1 translator’s note
- Their evil associates. ↩