He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man. 2 for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself, 3 or receive some (Quranic) advice which would benefit him. 4 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you), 5 To him you attend; 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 but as for one who comes to you, eagerly 8 And he feareth 9 you pay him no heed. 10 Assuredly this is a reminder 11 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it. 12 (It is) in Books held (greatly) in honour, 13 Exalted, Purified, 14 by the hands of the noble, virtuous, 15 and angelic scribes. 16 May (the disbelieving) human being be condemned! What makes him disbelieve? 17 Of what did He create him? 18 From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions; 19 and made the path of guidance easy for him to follow. 20 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave; 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Let the human reflect on the food he eats, 24 That We pour forth water in abundance, 25 and then We cleave the earth [with new growth,] cleaving it asunder, 26 And caused to grow within it grain 27 And grapes and fodder, 28 and olive trees and date-palms, 29 and dense orchards, 30 And fruits and fodder,- 31 as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy. 32 Then, when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the Day of Resurrection's second blowing of Trumpet), 33 On that day man will run away from his brother. 34 and his mother and his father; 35 his consort, his sons, 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 37 Many faces will that day be bright, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 but others will be gloomy 40 Blackness will cover them. 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42