He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ HE FROWNED and turned away 1 when the blind came to him. 2 But what could tell you that per chance he might become pure (from sins)? 3 (He might) remember, and the Reminder might profit him. 4 Yet you pay attention 5 Unto him thou payest regard. 6 although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity; 7 As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness), 8 And hath fear, 9 you pay him no heed. 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 so let those who want to follow its guidance do so. 12 (Contained) in honoured pages, 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 (Written) by the hands of scribes- 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 Then He makes the Path easy for him; 20 Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried. 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 By no means he performed not that which He had commanded him. 23 Let the human being think about (how We produce) his food. 24 how We pour down rain in abundance, 25 then We split the earth in fissures 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and herbage, 28 And the olive and the palm, 29 And gardens, dense with many trees, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 A provision for you and your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry comes, 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 mother, father, 35 and from his spouse and his children: 36 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 37 Faces on that Day shall be beaming, 38 laughing and joyful, 39 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust. 40 Covered with the blackness (of shame): 41 those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity. 42