Quran Quote  :  And when Our verses are recited to them, they say: 'We have heard. We could, if we willed, compose the like of it. They, are nothing but fables of the ancient times.' - 8:31

Quran-80:23 Surah Abasa English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

Transliteration:( Kalla lamma yaqdi maa amarah. )

23. By no means he accomplishes what He Commanded. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(23) No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. (Saheen International Translation)

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Surah Abasa Ayat 23 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

23. By no means he accomplishes what He Commanded.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Abasa verse 23 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Abasa ayat 17 which provides the complete commentary from verse 17 through 32.


Ala-Maududi

(80:23) Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him.[16]


16. He commanded him: Implies the duty that Allah has enjoined on every man in the form of natural guidance as well as the duty to which man’s own existence and every particle of the universe, from the earth to the heavens, and every manifestation of divine power are pointing, and also that duty which Allah has conveyed in every age through His Prophets and Books and disseminated through the righteous people of every period. For explanation, see (Surah Ad-Dahr, ayat 7). In the present context the object is to express the meaning that on the basis of the truths stated in the above verses, it was man’s duty to have obeyed his Creator, but, contrary to this, he adopted the way of disobedience and did not fulfill the demand of his being His creature.

(23) No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

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