He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and then turned away 1 that the blind man came to him. 2 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 As for he who thinks himself without need, 5 you attend to him, 6 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). 7 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] 8 and who has fear of God, 9 You neglect. 10 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder; 11 So let him who pleases mind it. 12 On honoured leaves 13 Exalted and purified, 14 borne by the hands of scribes, 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he! 17 From what did He create 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 puts him in his grave; 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him. 23 So let man just consider his food: 24 [how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly; 25 And We split the earth in clefts, 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and green fodder 28 And the olive and the palm, 29 and dense orchards, 30 And fruits and grasses: 31 A provision for you and your cattle. 32 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,- 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 his mother, his father, 35 wife and sons, 36 For every one of them on that Day shall be business enough to occupy 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 some faces on that day shall be dusty 40 Veiled in darkness, 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. 42