Surah Abasa · Ayah 23·Makkī

23

كَلَّا لَمَّا مَآ ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 2 roots in 2 of 5 words

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

5 words · 15 letters · āyah 23 of 42

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 12:37 · Yusufclose

    قَالَ لَا يَأْتِيكُمَا طَعَامٌ تُرْزَقَانِهِۦٓ إِلَّا نَبَّأْتُكُمَا بِتَأْوِيلِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمَا ذَٰلِكُمَا مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِى رَبِّىٓ إِنِّى تَرَكْتُ مِلَّةَ قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me…

  • Quran 86:9 · At-Taariqclose

    يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

    The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

  • Quran 96:7 · Al-Alaqclose

    أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰٓ

    Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

  • Quran 75:5 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

    But man desires to continue in sin.

  • Quran 75:37 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

  • Quran 25:8 · Al-Furqaanclose

    أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:682 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

  • Al-An'aam 6:82 shared roots

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ وَلَوْ أَنزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَّقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنظَرُونَ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

  • Maryam 19:352 shared roots

    مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

  • Al-An'aam 6:582 shared roots

    قُل لَّوْ أَنَّ عِندِى مَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِهِۦ لَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

  • Maryam 19:212 shared roots

    قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَّقْضِيًّا

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

  • Al-Baqara 2:1172 shared roots

    بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    ق-ض-يأ-م-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 80:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 80:23 include Quran 12:37 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 86:9 (Surah At-Taariq), Quran 96:7 (Surah Al-Alaq), and Quran 75:5 (Surah Al-Qiyaama). For example, 12:37 reads: “He said, "You will not receive food that is provided to you except that I will inform you of its interpretation before it comes to you. That is from what my Lord has taught me…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 80:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 80:23 (Surah Abasa, He frowned) reads: “No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.”

Which surah is verse 80:23 in?

Quran 80:23 is āyah 23 of Surah Abasa (He frowned), chapter 80 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 42 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 80:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 80:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.