He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ HE FROWNED and turned away 1 Because a blind man came to him. 2 How could you know? Perhaps he would cleanse himself, 3 or receive some (Quranic) advice which would benefit him. 4 For him who does not care, 5 to him thou attendest 6 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself 7 As for the one who comes to you earnestly (striving for guidance). 8 And is also fearful (of God), 9 of him you were unmindful. 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 (Contained) in honoured pages, 13 exalted, purified, 14 [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels, 15 noble and purified. 16 Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him, 19 and made the path of guidance easy for him to follow. 20 Then He causes him to die and be buried. 21 and He will resurrect him whenever He wants. 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Let man look at his food: 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts, 26 We make the grain grow out of it, 27 grapes, and fresh fodder, 28 And olives and palms 29 And dense gardens, 30 And fruits and herbage: 31 as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy. 32 Then, when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the Day of Resurrection's second blowing of Trumpet), 33 Man will fly from his brother, 34 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 on that Day some faces will be beaming, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And many will be dust-begrimed, 40 and covered by darkness. 41 These will be the unbelievers, the wicked. 42