He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and then 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 How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself, 3 Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him? 4 For him who does not care, 5 to him didst thou give thy whole attention, 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 But he who comes to you running, 8 And he feareth 9 him didst thou disregard! 10 These verses are a reminder 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 upon pages high-honoured, 13 most exalted and purified, 14 By the hands of scribes. 15 noble and pious. 16 Perish man! how ungrateful he is! 17 Out of what did Allah create him? 18 Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure, 19 He makes his path easy for him. 20 Then gave him death, so had him put in the grave. 21 Then when He listeth, He shall raise him to life. 22 Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him! 23 Let man look at his food: 24 For that We pour forth water in abundance, 25 And We split the earth in fragments, 26 Then We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and vegetables 28 And the olive and the palm, 29 And gardens of dense shrubbery 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 So when the deafening Shout arrives, 33 On that day man will run away from his brother. 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 And from his wife and sons. 36 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 37 Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness, 38 Laughing and full of joy, 39 but others will be gloomy 40 Blackness overcoming them. 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42