He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 Because a blind man came to him. 2 And what should teach thee? Perchance he would cleanse him, 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 Yet you pay attention 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 is also fearful (of God), 9 you pay no heed to him. 10 Not this way – this is the advice. 11 and whosoever wills, shall remember it. 12 In honored books, 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 Written by the hands of emissaries. 15 Noble and dutiful. 16 Perish the human! How unthankful he is! 17 From what did He create him? 18 He created him from a living germ. He determined his fate 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave. 21 then, when He wills, He raises him. 22 No indeed! Man has not accomplished His bidding. 23 Then let man look at his food, 24 how We pour down rain in abundance, 25 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder, 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 grapes, vegetables, 28 And the olive and the palm, 29 and dense-tree'd gardens, 30 and fruits, and pastures, 31 as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy. 32 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,- 33 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother 34 his mother, his father, 35 his wife and 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, joyous. 39 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them, 40 Covered with the blackness (of shame): 41 These will be the unbelievers, the wicked. 42