He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 What made you think that he will not grow in virtue, 3 Or be admonished, so that the admonition might have profited him? 4 As for him who was indifferent, 5 To him you attend; 6 although it is not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified. 7 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose 8 and in awe [of God] 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 On honourable pages. 13 exalted, purified, 14 In the hands of scribes 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him, 19 Then eased the way for him. 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 21 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again. 22 No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him. 23 Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food. 24 We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, 25 and split the earth, splitting, 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and fodder, 28 and the olive, and the palm, 29 And garden-closes of thick foliage 30 And fruits and grass, 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard 33 Man will fly from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others). 37 Many a face will be glittering on that day. 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise). 39 And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, 40 Covered with the blackness (of shame): 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42