He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because the blind man had come in his august presence. 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 to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, 5 You pay full attention, 6 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace). 7 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose 8 And he feareth 9 You neglect. 10 Assuredly this is a reminder 11 Let him who will, pay heed to it. 12 [It is recorded] in honored sheets, 13 Exalted and purified, 14 By the hands of scribes. 15 noble, pious. 16 Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful! 17 From what did He create him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 then eased his path for him, 20 and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave; 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. 23 Then let man look to his food, 24 We let the rain pour down in torrents 25 Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination) 26 And We made corn grow, 27 grapes, vegetables, 28 And olives and date-palms, 29 And gardens of dense shrubbery 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 A provision for you and your cattle. 32 When the trumpet sounds, 33 it will be such a day when a person will run away from his brother, 34 his mother, his father, 35 his wife and his children. 36 On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him. 37 Some faces that Day will be beaming, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 And other faces that Day will be dust-stained, 40 Darkness shall cover them. 41 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked. 42