He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him? 4 Now he who waxes indifferent, 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness 8 and fearfully, 9 you pay him no heed. 10 Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition. 11 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it. 12 On honoured leaves 13 Exalted, Purified, 14 In the hands of scribes 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 May man be slain - how ungrateful he is! 17 Of what thing hath He created him? 18 From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him, and then set him in due proportion; 19 Then doth He make His path smooth for him; 20 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave; 21 Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life. 22 Not one - he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 Let Man consider his nourishment. 24 We poured down rain abundantly, 25 Then We split the earth properly. 26 Thereby produced grain in it. 27 And grapes and herbage, 28 And olive-trees and palm-trees 29 and gardens dense with foliage, 30 and fruit and pastures, 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 But when the Shout cometh 33 on that Day each person will flee from his brother, 34 and his mother and his father; 35 And from his wife and sons. 36 Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy him. 37 Some faces that Day will be beaming, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, 40 and veiled with darkness. 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. 42