Tabari

Tafseer of He frowned · Abasa · 80:23

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ

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

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Tabari (1 passage)

  1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

    And His word: Nay! He has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. Allah, exalted is His remembrance, says: Nay, it is not as this unbelieving (kāfir) man says, namely that he has fulfilled his duty toward Allah, with his person and with his wealth. He has not yet accomplished what He commanded him: he has not fulfilled what his Lord prescribed for him as obligations.

    And in accordance with what we have said about this, the exegetes have spoken.

    * Mention of who said that:

    Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr related to me, saying: Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, saying: ʿĪsā related to us; and al-Ḥārith related to me, saying: al-Ḥasan related to us, saying: Warqāʾ related to us — both on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid, concerning His word: He has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. He said: No one ever fulfills what is imposed upon him. And al-Ḥārith said: everything that is imposed upon him.

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    وقوله: ( كَلا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ ) يقول تعالى ذكره: كلا ليس الأمر كما يقول هذا الإنسان الكافر من أنه قد أدّى حقّ الله عليه، في نفسه وماله، ( لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ ) لم يؤدّ ما فرض عليه من الفرائض ربُّه. وبنحو الذي قلنا في ذلك قال أهل التأويل. * ذكر من قال ذلك: حدثني محمد بن عمرو، قال: ثنا أبو عاصم، قال: ثنا عيسى، وحدثني الحارث، قال: ثنا الحسن، قال: ثنا ورقاء، جميعا عن ابن أبي نجيح، عن مجاهد، قوله: ( لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ ) قال: لا يقضي أحد أبدًا ما افتُرِض عليه. وقال الحارث: كلّ ما افترض عليه.