He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 Because the blind man came unto him. 2 And what would make you know that he would purify himself, 3 or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? 4 Yet you pay attention 5 To him dost thou attend; 6 Whereas it is not on thee that he is not cleansed. 7 And to him who came to you eagerly 8 And is also fearful (of God), 9 From him will you divert yourself. 10 These verses are a reminder 11 For any one who desires to bear it in mind, 12 (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour, 13 Exalted (in dignity), purified, 14 In the hands of scribes 15 and angelic scribes. 16 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he! 17 From what thing did He create him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 Then He caused him to die and be buried 21 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again. 22 By no means he performed not that which He had commanded him. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 That We watered it in abundance. 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and herbage 28 And Olives and Dates, 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 And fruits and Abba (herbage, etc.), 31 for you and for your herds to delight in. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother, 34 and from his mother and father, 35 and his consort and his children; 36 Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others. 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And many a face will be covered with dust on that day. 40 Dust shall cover them 41 Those! they are the infidels, the ungodly. 42