He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ He frowned and then turned away 1 Because the blind man had come in his august presence. 2 But what could tell you that per chance he might become pure (from sins)? 3 or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him. 4 As for him who regardeth himself self-sufficient 5 Unto him thou payest regard. 6 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself 7 And as to him who comes to you striving hard, 8 and in awe [of God] 9 of him you were unmindful. 10 Assuredly this is a reminder 11 and whosoever wills, shall remember it. 12 upon pages high-honoured, 13 lofty and pure, 14 [borne] by the hands of messengers 15 noble and most virtuous. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him? 18 From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him; 19 and then makes it easy for him to go through life; 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 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 Let man consider his food: 24 We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, 25 then We split the earth in fissures 26 then caused the grain to grow out of it, 27 And grapes and herbage 28 olives, dates, 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern. 37 Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 Some faces on that Day shall be dust-ridden, 40 and covered by darkness. 41 Those, they are the unbelievers, the immoral. 42