He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 Because the blind man came unto him. 2 And what would make you know that he would purify himself, 3 Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him? 4 As for him who thinketh himself independent, 5 To him dost thou attend; 6 though you are not to be blamed if he would not purify himself -- 7 And as for him who cometh unto thee running, 8 and in awe [of God] 9 you pay him no heed. 10 NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder: 11 (and whoso wills, shall remember it) 12 upon highly honored pages, 13 exalted, purified, 14 In the hands of scribes 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 May (the disbelieving) human being be condemned! What makes him disbelieve? 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature, 19 and made the path of guidance easy for him to follow. 20 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave, 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him. 23 So let man just consider his food: 24 How We pour water in showers 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 then caused the grain to grow out of it, 27 And grapes and herbage 28 and olive trees and date palms 29 And gardens of dense shrubbery 30 And fruits and grass, 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 But when there comes the Deafening Blast 33 on that Day each person will flee from his brother, 34 And from his mother and father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 for on that day everyone will be completely engrossed in his own concerns. 37 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright - 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom. 40 Blackness overcoming them. 41 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked. 42