He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity, 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you), 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 And for him who came to you striving, 8 And hath fear, 9 From him you are distracted. 10 Nay, (do not do like this), indeed it (these Verses of this Quran) are an admonition, 11 so let those who want to follow its guidance do so. 12 It is set down on honoured pages, 13 uplifted, purified, 14 In the hands of scribes (angels). 15 and angelic scribes. 16 Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful! 17 Of what [stuff] has He created him? 18 Of a drop of seed. He created him and formed him according to a measure. 19 Then doth He make His path smooth for him; 20 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave; 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 Not one - he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 Let man therefore consider his food. 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 Then split the earth in clefts 26 Then We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and green fodder 28 And olives and date palms, 29 thickly planted gardens, 30 And fruits and grass, 31 an enjoyment for you and your flocks. 32 But when the Shout cometh 33 on the Day when each man shall flee from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 and his consort and his children; 36 For every one of them on that Day shall be business enough to occupy 37 Many faces will that day be bright, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 but some faces will be covered with dust 40 and overcast with gloom: 41 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked. 42