He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ (The Prophet) frowned and turned away, 1 Because the blind man came unto him. 2 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified 3 or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? 4 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you), 5 Unto him thou attendest. 6 although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity; 7 But as to him who came to you running. 8 And with fear (in his heart), 9 to him thou payest no heed. 10 Not this way – this is the advice. 11 So let whosoever will pay heed to it, 12 [It is recorded] in honored sheets, 13 Exalted and holy, 14 In the hands of scribes (angels). 15 noble and pious. 16 Woe to man! How ungrateful he is! 17 From what thing doth He create him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him, 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried. 21 and He will resurrect him whenever He wants. 22 Certainly, he has not duly fulfilled His commands. 23 Let man, then, consider [the sources of] his food: 24 That We pour forth water in abundance, 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and fodder, 28 and olives and palms, 29 And garden-closes of thick foliage 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 for you and for your animals to enjoy. 32 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,- 33 On the Day a man will flee from his brother 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others). 37 (Many) faces on that day shall be bright, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained; 40 and veiled with darkness. 41 These will be the unbelievers, the wicked. 42