He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because a blind man came to him. 2 But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?- 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 Yet you pay attention 5 To him you attend; 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 As for the one who comes to you earnestly (striving for guidance). 8 and in awe of God 9 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another, 10 No indeed; it is a Reminder 11 So let him who pleases mind it. 12 In honored books, 13 lofty and pure, 14 [borne] by the hands of messengers 15 and angelic scribes. 16 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he! 17 From what substance did He create him? 18 From a drop of liquid; He created him and then set several measures for him. 19 Then He makes the Path easy for him; 20 then causes him to die and buries him, 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him. 23 So let man just consider his food: 24 That We watered it in abundance. 25 And We split the earth in clefts, 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and vegetables 28 and olives, and palms, 29 and gardens dense with foliage, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 for you and for your herds to delight in. 32 Then when cometh the Deafening Cry 33 it will be such a day when a person will run away from his brother, 34 his mother and his father, 35 And from his wife and sons. 36 For every one of them on that Day shall be business enough to occupy 37 Some faces on that Day shall be beaming with happiness, 38 Laughing and full of joy, 39 some faces on that day shall be dusty 40 Covered with the blackness (of shame): 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42