He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because the blind man had come in his august presence. 2 How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself, 3 Or that he may accept advice, so the advice may benefit him. 4 As for him who regardeth himself self-sufficient 5 to him didst thou give thy whole attention, 6 Whereas it is not on thee that he is not cleansed. 7 But as to him who came to you running. 8 And hath fear, 9 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another, 10 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment, 11 For any one who desires to bear it in mind, 12 On honoured leaves 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 In the hands of scribes 15 noble and most virtuous. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 From a drop of liquid; He created him and then set several measures for him. 19 Then the way He made easy. 20 Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried. 21 Then, when He willed, He brought him out. (As during the night of Holy Prophet’s ascension, when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection.) 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 So man must look at his food. 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 and then We cleave the earth [with new growth,] cleaving it asunder, 26 and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it, 27 grapes, and fresh fodder, 28 And the olive and the palm, 29 And garden-closes of thick foliage 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 (These are made so as to be) means of enjoyment for you and your cattle. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his brother, 34 Mother and father, 35 his consort, his sons, 36 for on that day everyone will be completely engrossed in his own concerns. 37 Many a face will be glittering on that day. 38 Laughing and full of joy, 39 but others will be gloomy 40 enveloped by darkness. 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones. 42