He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). 2 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified 3 or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him. 4 Yet you pay attention 5 to him didst thou give thy whole attention, 6 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). 7 As for the one who comes to you earnestly (striving for guidance). 8 And hath fear, 9 Him thou neglectest! 10 By no means! Verily it is an admonition. 11 So whoever wills may remember it. 12 On honoured leaves 13 Exalted and purified, 14 In the hands of scribes 15 Noble and pious. 16 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah; 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature, 19 and then made the course of life easy for him, 20 Then gave him death, so had him put in the grave. 21 Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life. 22 Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him! 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 how We pour down rain in abundance, 25 And We split the earth in clefts, 26 Thereby produced grain in it. 27 And Grapes and nutritious plants, 28 And olives and palms 29 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, 30 And fruits and herbage: 31 [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock. 32 Then, when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the Day of Resurrection's second blowing of Trumpet), 33 On the Day whereon a man shall flee from his brother, 34 and from his mother and father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 on that Day every man among them will have enough concern of his own -- 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom. 40 Dust shall cover them 41 These will be the unbelievers, the wicked. 42