He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 when the blind man approached him, 2 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) 3 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? 4 As for him who thinketh himself independent, 5 to a rich man, 6 though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. 7 And as to him who comes to you striving hard, 8 And he feareth 9 Him thou neglectest! 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 So let him who pleases mind it. 12 upon pages high-honoured, 13 Exalted (in dignity), purified, 14 In the hands of scribes (angels). 15 Noble and pious. 16 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah; 17 Of what did He create him? 18 From a (sperm) drop He created him and then determined him, 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave; 21 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life. 22 But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him. 23 Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food. 24 That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance, 25 Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts, 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and herbage, 28 and the olive, and the palm, 29 And dense gardens, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry comes, 33 on that Day each person will flee from his brother, 34 And from his mother and father, 35 wife and sons, 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 37 Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness, 38 Laughing and full of joy, 39 And many will be dust-begrimed, 40 and veiled with darkness. 41 those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity. 42