He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs). 2 What made you think that he will not grow in virtue, 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 As for him who is not in want of any thing, 5 To him do you address yourself. 6 though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. 7 As for the one who comes to you earnestly (striving for guidance). 8 and in awe [of God] 9 So you leave him, and are engrossed elsewhere! 10 These verses are a reminder 11 So whoever wishes may remember it. 12 (Contained) in honoured pages, 13 Exalted, purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 noble and pious. 16 Perish the human! How unthankful he is! 17 From what thing did He create him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 then eased his path for him, 20 He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave. 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again). 22 But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him. 23 Let man look at his food: 24 That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance, 25 and cleaved the earth, cleaving it asunder; 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 and grape vines and vegetables, 28 and olives and palms, 29 and gardens dense with foliage, 30 fruits, and grass. 31 [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock. 32 Then, when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the Day of Resurrection's second blowing of Trumpet), 33 it will be such a day when a person will run away from his brother, 34 and his mother and his father; 35 his consort, his sons, 36 for on that day everyone will be completely engrossed in his own concerns. 37 on that Day some faces will be beaming, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them, 40 enveloped by darkness. 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42