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 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? 4 As for he who thinks himself without need, 5 you attended to him, 6 though you are not to blame if he would not cleanse himself. 7 As for the one who comes to you earnestly (striving for guidance). 8 and who has fear of God, 9 you pay no heed to him. 10 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment, 11 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it. 12 upon highly honored pages, 13 Exalted, pure. 14 by the hands of the noble, virtuous, 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 May (the disbelieving) human being be condemned! What makes him disbelieve? 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him, 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again). 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Let Man consider his nourishment. 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder, 26 And We made corn grow, 27 And grapes and herbage 28 And olive-trees and palm-trees 29 And gardens, dense with many trees, 30 And fruit and grass - 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his brother, 34 And from his mother and father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Each man will have enough cares that day. 37 Some faces will shine, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 some faces on that day shall be dusty 40 and veiled with darkness. 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42