He Frowned ('Abasa)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ (The Prophet) frowned and turned away, 1 Because a blind man came to him. 2 How canst thou know, whether haply he might be cleansed, 3 or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? 4 As for him who regardeth himself self-sufficient 5 to him thou attendest 6 although thou art not accountable for his failure to attain to purity; 7 But as to him who came to you running. 8 And he feareth 9 You neglect. 10 By no means! Verily it is an admonition. 11 Let him who will, pay heed to it. 12 (This Quran) is also recorded in honorable books, 13 uplifted, purified, 14 by the hands of the noble, virtuous, 15 Noble and dutiful. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 Then eased the way for him. 20 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him. 21 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again. 22 Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him. 23 Let man consider his food: 24 We poured down rain abundantly, 25 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts], 26 and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it, 27 And grapes and herbage, 28 And olives and date palms, 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 And fruit and grass - 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 And his mother and his father 35 And his wife and his children, 36 Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others. 37 Some faces on that day shall shine 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And many a face will be covered with dust on that day. 40 Blackness will cover them. 41 It is they, the disbelievers, the sinners. 42