Surah 'Abasa 80:23 — translation and meaning

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كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

Word by Word

كَلَّا
kalla
Nay!
لَمَّا
lamma
Not
يَقْضِ
yaqdi
he has accomplished
مَا
ma
what
أَمَرَهُ
amarahu
He commanded him

Transliteration

Kalla lamma yaqdi maa amarah.

Translation

No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It is not like this disbeliever imagines: that he has fulfilled the rights of Allah upon him, because he has not fulfilled the obligatory actions Allah put upon him.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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