He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned (his) back, 1 Because there came to him the blind man. 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 As for him who is not in want of any thing, 5 To him you give attention. 6 though you are not to blame if he would not cleanse himself. 7 As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness), 8 While he fears [Allah], 9 From him you are distracted. 10 Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition. 11 and whosoever wills, shall remember it. 12 In honored books, 13 Exalted and purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 Of what thing did He create him? 18 From a (sperm) drop He created him and then determined him, 19 and then made the course of life easy for him, 20 then causes him to die and buries him, 21 then, He will raise him when He wills. 22 Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him! 23 Let the human being think about (how We produce) his food. 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 Then split the earth in clefts 26 And caused to grow within it grain 27 And grapes and clover, 28 olives, dates, 29 And thick gardens, 30 and fruit and pastures, 31 as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy. 32 So when the deafening Shout arrives, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his brother, 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 And from his wife and sons. 36 On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him. 37 Some faces that Day will be beaming, 38 Laughing and full of joy, 39 And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, 40 and covered by darkness. 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42