He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and then turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself, 3 Or that he might receive admonition, and that the admonition might profit him? 4 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient, 5 You pay full attention, 6 Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness). 7 And as for him who cometh unto thee running, 8 And with fear (in his heart), 9 him didst thou disregard! 10 No indeed; it is a Reminder 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 In honored books, 13 Exalted, Purified, 14 by the hands of the noble, virtuous, 15 and angelic scribes. 16 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he! 17 From what thing did He create him? 18 Of a drop of seed. He created him and formed him according to a measure. 19 Then eased the way for him. 20 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave, 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Let the human being think about (how We produce) his food. 24 That We watered it in abundance. 25 Then split the earth in clefts 26 And We made corn grow, 27 And grapes and fodder, 28 And olive and palm trees 29 and gardens dense with foliage, 30 fruits, and grass. 31 A provision for you and your cattle. 32 Then, when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the Day of Resurrection's second blowing of Trumpet), 33 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother 34 mother, father, 35 And his wife and his children, 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 37 Some faces on that Day shall be beaming with happiness, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 whereas some faces will be covered with dust 40 Blackness overcoming them. 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42