He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself, 3 or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him. 4 As for him who regardeth himself self-sufficient 5 you attend to him, 6 though you are not to blame if he would not cleanse himself. 7 but as for one who comes to you, eagerly 8 And whereas he fears, 9 of him you were unmindful. 10 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder; 11 So whoever wills may remember it. 12 (This Quran) is also recorded in honorable books, 13 Exalted (in dignity), purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Honourable and Virtuous. 16 [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth! 17 From what has God created him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him, 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him; 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him. 23 So man must look at his food. 24 It is We Who pour forth water, pouring, 25 Then We split the earth properly. 26 and therein made the grains to grow 27 grapes, and fresh fodder, 28 And olive and palm trees 29 And gardens of dense shrubbery 30 And fruits and grasses: 31 all this as a provision for you and your cattle. 32 But when there comes the Deafening Blast 33 On the Day a man 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 will on that Day be bright with happiness, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom. 40 Darkness will cover them, 41 Those! they are the infidels, the ungodly. 42