He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 from a blind man who had come up to him. 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 But the self-sufficient, 5 To him dost thou attend; 6 although it is not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified. 7 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, 8 and fearfully, 9 you ignore him. 10 No indeed; it is a Reminder 11 For any one who desires to bear it in mind, 12 It is contained in scrolls highly honoured, 13 exalted, purified, 14 By the hands of scribes. 15 noble and virtuous scribes. 16 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he. 17 From what did He create him? 18 Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him, 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 then causes him to die and buries him, 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again). 22 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him. 23 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it): 24 We let the rain pour down in torrents 25 and let the earth to break open 26 then caused the grain to grow out of it, 27 and vines, and reeds, 28 And olives and palms 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 And fruits and fodder,- 31 A provision for you and your cattle. 32 AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 And his mother and his father 35 his consort, his sons, 36 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others). 37 Many faces will that day be bright, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And other faces that Day will be dust-stained, 40 Blackness will cover them. 41 Those, they are the unbelievers, the immoral. 42