He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man. 2 And what should teach thee? Perchance he would cleanse him, 3 or receive some (Quranic) advice which would benefit him. 4 As for him who was indifferent, 5 You pay full attention, 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness), 8 And he feareth 9 You neglect. 10 NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder: 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 It is set down on honoured pages, 13 exalted, purified, 14 [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels, 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 From what did He create him? 18 Of a drop of seed. He created him and formed him according to a measure. 19 Then He makes the Path easy for him; 20 then causes him to die and buries him, 21 Then He will raise him up again when He please. 22 By no means he performed not that which He had commanded him. 23 Let the human reflect on the food he eats, 24 It is We Who pour forth water, pouring, 25 Then split the earth in clefts 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and herbage 28 And olives and palms 29 And dense gardens, 30 And fruits and grass, 31 (These are made so as to be) means of enjoyment for you and your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry shall be sounded 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 And 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 (Many) faces on that day shall be bright, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 And other faces that Day will be dust-stained, 40 with darkness overspread: 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42