He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 when the blind came to him. 2 How canst thou know, whether haply he might be cleansed, 3 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? 4 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you), 5 You pay full attention, 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, 8 and in awe [of God] 9 Him thou neglectest! 10 No indeed, this is a Reminder; 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 Inscribed in Writs honoured, 13 Exalted, Purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 noble and virtuous scribes. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 From what thing did He create him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature, 19 and then makes it easy for him to go through life; 20 Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave; 21 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again. 22 Certainly, he has not duly fulfilled His commands. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 It is We Who pour forth water, pouring, 25 and cleaved the earth, cleaving it asunder; 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle), 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 When the trumpet sounds, 33 On the Day a man will flee from his brother 34 his mother and his father, 35 And his wife and his children, 36 every man that day shall have business to suffice him. 37 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright - 38 laughing, and rejoicing, 39 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained; 40 Blackness will cover them: 41 those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity. 42