He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ He frowned and then turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). 2 And what could let you know? Perhaps he (comes to hear you) to be purified. 3 or have been reminded [of the truth,] and helped by this reminder. 4 Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient 5 you attend to him, 6 although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity; 7 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, 8 And with fear (in his heart), 9 you ignore him. 10 No indeed; it is a Reminder 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 (Contained) in honoured pages, 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 (Set down) by scribes 15 noble and purified. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 Of what thing did He create him? 18 From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him, and then set him in due proportion; 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave. 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 Yet man declines to do His bidding. 23 So let man just consider his food: 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 Then split the earth in clefts 26 And cause the grain to grow therein 27 And grapes and fodder, 28 And olives and palms 29 and dense-tree'd gardens, 30 fruits, and grass. 31 Provision for you and your cattle. 32 When the trumpet sounds, 33 upon the day when a man shall flee from his brother, 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 For every one of them on that Day shall be business enough to occupy 37 Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness, 38 laughing and joyous 39 some faces on that day shall be dusty 40 with darkness overspread: 41 these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity! 42