He Frowned ('Abasa)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 when the blind came to him. 2 And what do you know, he may be of the pure! 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 As for he who thinks himself without need, 5 you attend to him, 6 although it is not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified. 7 but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness 8 and fears (Allah), 9 From him thou art distracted. 10 By no means! Verily it is an admonition. 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 upon highly honored pages, 13 Exalted and purified, 14 In the hands of scribes (angels). 15 noble, pious. 16 [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth! 17 Of what did He create him? 18 Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure, 19 then eased his path for him, 20 Then He causes him to die and be buried. 21 and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life, 22 Certainly, he has not duly fulfilled His commands. 23 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it): 24 How We pour water in showers 25 And We split the earth in clefts, 26 And cause the grain to grow therein 27 together with grapes and vegetables, 28 Olives and dates, 29 and dense orchards, 30 and fruits and pastures – 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry comes, 33 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 his wife and his children. 36 Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others. 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 laughing and joyous 39 whereas some faces will be covered with dust 40 Darkness shall cover them. 41 It is they, the disbelievers, the sinners. 42