He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 that the blind man came to him. 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him? 4 As for him who thinketh himself independent, 5 You pay full attention, 6 though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. 7 But as to him who came to you running. 8 And he fears, 9 you pay him no heed. 10 NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder: 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 It is contained in scrolls highly honoured, 13 most exalted and purified, 14 by the hands of the noble, virtuous, 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 Perish the human! How unthankful he is! 17 From what substance did He create him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature, 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave; 21 then, when He wills, He raises him. 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Let the human reflect on the food he eats, 24 how We pour down rain in abundance, 25 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder, 26 And We made corn grow, 27 And Grapes and nutritious plants, 28 Olives and dates, 29 and dense-tree'd gardens, 30 and fruits and pastures – 31 For use and convenience to you and your cattle. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 Mother and father, 35 And his wife and his children, 36 on that Day each will be occupied with his own business, making him oblivious of all save himself. 37 On that day faces will be bright as dawn, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust, 40 o'erspread with darkness -- 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42