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 (interrupting). 2 And what could let you know? Perhaps he (comes to hear you) to be purified. 3 (He might) remember, and the Reminder might profit him. 4 Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. 7 And for him who came to you striving, 8 and fearfully, 9 of him you were unmindful. 10 Not this way – this is the advice. 11 So whoever wishes may remember it. 12 upon pages high-honoured, 13 Exalted, pure. 14 By the hands of scribes. 15 Honourable and obedient. 16 Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he! 17 From what stuff hath He created him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him, 19 Then maketh the way easy for him, 20 Then He causes him to die and be buried. 21 and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life, 22 Indeed, he has not fulfilled that which He has ordered him. 23 Then let mankind look at his food - 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 and cleaved the earth, cleaving it asunder; 26 And We made corn grow, 27 And grapes and herbage, 28 olives, dates, 29 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, 30 And fruits and Abba (herbage, etc.), 31 all this as a provision for you and your cattle. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 On the Day whereon a man shall flee from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 and his consort and his children; 36 Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others. 37 Some faces that Day will be beaming, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 whereas some faces will be covered with dust 40 Blackness overcoming them. 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42