He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ (The Prophet) frowned and turned away, 1 Because the blind man had come in his august presence. 2 How canst thou know, whether haply he might be cleansed, 3 or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him. 4 As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, 5 to a rich man, 6 Whereas it is not on thee that he is not cleansed. 7 As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness), 8 and who has fear of God, 9 You neglect. 10 These verses are a reminder 11 Let him who will, pay heed to it. 12 Inscribed in Writs honoured, 13 Exalted, pure. 14 borne by the hands of scribes, 15 noble, pious. 16 May (the disbelieving) human being be condemned! What makes him disbelieve? 17 Of what thing hath He created him? 18 From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions; 19 then the way eased for him, 20 Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave; 21 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again. 22 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 Then split the earth in clefts 26 then caused the grain to grow out of it, 27 and vines and edible plants, 28 And the olive and the palm, 29 the densely tree'd gardens, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 for you and for your herds to delight in. 32 But when the great calamity comes 33 On that day man will run away from his brother. 34 And his mother and his father 35 wife and sons, 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 37 on that Day some faces will be beaming, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust. 40 Blackness will cover them. 41 Those, they are the unbelievers, the immoral. 42