He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). 2 Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity, 3 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him? 4 As for him who thinketh himself independent, 5 Unto him thou attendest. 6 though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. 7 but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness 8 and who has fear of God, 9 Him thou neglectest! 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 So whosoever willeth - let him be admonished therewlth. 12 It is contained in scrolls highly honoured, 13 Exalted, purified, 14 In the hands of scribes (angels). 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 Perish man! how ungrateful he is! 17 Out of what did Allah create him? 18 Out of a sperm-drop did He create him and then determined a measure for him, 19 Then He makes the Path easy for him; 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 21 Then He will raise him up again when He please. 22 Certainly, he has not duly fulfilled His commands. 23 Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food. 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts, 26 to yield therein corn, 27 And grapes and clover, 28 and olives and palms, 29 And gardens, dense with many trees, 30 and fruits and fodder 31 all this as a provision for you and your cattle. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother 34 his mother, his father, 35 his wife and his children. 36 Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others. 37 (Many) faces on that day shall be bright, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And many will be dust-begrimed, 40 and covered by darkness. 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. 42