He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because a blind man came to him. 2 How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself, 3 or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? 4 As for him who is not in want of any thing, 5 you attended to him, 6 What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief, you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah). 7 And as to him who comes to you striving hard, 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 So you leave him, and are engrossed elsewhere! 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 upon pages high-honoured, 13 exalted, purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 Perish man! how ungrateful he is! 17 Out of what did Allah create him? 18 From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions; 19 He makes his path easy for him. 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 21 Then, when He willed, He brought him out. (As during the night of Holy Prophet’s ascension, when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection.) 22 Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 Then let man look to his food, 24 We poured down rain abundantly, 25 Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination) 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and green fodder 28 And olives and date-palms, 29 And gardens, dense with many trees, 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 A provision for you and your cattle. 32 So when the deafening Shout arrives, 33 Man will fly from his brother, 34 mother, father, 35 And his wife and his sons; 36 On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him. 37 Some faces on that day shall shine 38 laughing and joyous 39 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them, 40 and covered by darkness. 41 They will be the unbelievers, transgressors. 42