He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs). 2 And what would make you know that he would purify himself, 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. 7 And for him who came to you striving, 8 And whereas he fears, 9 you ignore him. 10 No indeed; it is a Reminder 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 Inscribed in Writs honoured, 13 Exalted, Purified, 14 (Set down) by scribes 15 Honourable and obedient. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 Of what did He create him? 18 He created him from a living germ. He determined his fate 19 Then doth He make His path smooth for him; 20 then causes 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 Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him. 23 Then let man look at his food, 24 How We pour water in showers 25 then We split the earth in fissures 26 to yield therein corn, 27 together with grapes and vegetables, 28 and olive trees and date palms 29 And enclosed gardens luxuriant. 30 And fruits and grasses: 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 But when the great calamity comes 33 on the Day when each man shall flee from his brother, 34 his mother, his father, 35 his consort, his sons, 36 on that Day, to every one of them will his own state be of sufficient concern. 37 Some faces that Day, will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism). 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust, 40 Blackness will cover them. 41 these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity! 42