He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 because the blind man approached him! 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 or receive some (Quranic) advice which would benefit him. 4 But the self-sufficient, 5 Unto him thou attendest. 6 though you are not to blame if he would not cleanse himself. 7 As for the one who comes to you earnestly (striving for guidance). 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 you pay him no heed. 10 By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction: 11 So whoever wills may remember it. 12 [It is recorded] in honored sheets, 13 exalted and purified, 14 (Set down) by scribes 15 noble, pious. 16 Accursed be man! How stubbornly he denies the Truth. 17 From what did He create him? 18 Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure, 19 then the way eased for him, 20 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave, 21 Then He will raise him up again when He please. 22 Yet man declines to do His bidding. 23 Let man consider his food: 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 And We split the earth in clefts, 26 And caused to grow within it grain 27 and vines, and reeds, 28 And olives and date palms, 29 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 For use and convenience to you and your cattle. 32 But when the great calamity comes 33 On the Day whereon a man shall flee from his brother, 34 and from his mother and father, 35 his consort, his sons, 36 On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him. 37 On that day faces will be bright as dawn, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise). 39 And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, 40 with darkness overspread: 41 these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity! 42