He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned (his) back, 1 Because there came to him the blind man. 2 Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity, 3 or have been reminded [of the truth,] and helped by this reminder. 4 As for him who was indifferent, 5 Unto him thou attendest. 6 And you have nothing to lose if he does not become pure. 7 And for him who came to you striving, 8 And is also fearful of God, 9 From him will you divert yourself. 10 No indeed, this is a Reminder; 11 So let whosoever will pay heed to it, 12 In honored books, 13 Exalted (in dignity), purified, 14 Written by the hands of emissaries. 15 Noble and pious. 16 Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he! 17 [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him? 18 Out of a sperm-drop did He create him and then determined a measure for him, 19 and made the path of guidance easy for him to follow. 20 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him. 21 and He will resurrect him whenever He wants. 22 Not one - he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 Then let man look to his food, 24 We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, 25 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts], 26 Thereby produced grain in it. 27 together with grapes and vegetables, 28 And olive-trees and palm-trees 29 And gardens of dense shrubbery 30 and fruits and fodder 31 (These are made so as to be) means of enjoyment for you and your cattle. 32 AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard 33 On the Day a man will flee from his brother 34 And his mother and his father 35 his wife and his children. 36 on that Day each will be occupied with his own business, making him oblivious of all save himself. 37 on that Day some faces will be beaming, 38 Laughing and full of joy, 39 And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom. 40 with darkness overspread: 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. 42