He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man. 2 And what would make you know that he would purify himself, 3 Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him? 4 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient, 5 to a rich man, 6 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself 7 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose 8 While he fears [Allah], 9 you pay no heed to him. 10 NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder: 11 So let whosoever will pay heed to it, 12 It is set down on honoured pages, 13 Exalted and holy, 14 [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels, 15 Noble and dutiful. 16 Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he. 17 Of what thing did He create him? 18 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him, 19 and made the path of guidance easy for him to follow. 20 He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave. 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, 25 Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts, 26 We make the grain grow out of it, 27 and grape vines and vegetables, 28 Olives and dates, 29 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, 30 and fruit and pastures, 31 for you and for your animals to enjoy. 32 But when the deafening blast is sounded, 33 On that day man will run away from his brother. 34 and from his mother and father, 35 his consort, his sons, 36 Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him. 37 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright - 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 whereas some faces will be covered with dust 40 Covered with the blackness (of shame): 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42