He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ HE FROWNED AND turned away, 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) 3 (He might) remember, and the Reminder might profit him. 4 As for him who thinketh himself independent, 5 To him you give attention. 6 Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness). 7 And to him who came to you eagerly 8 and fearfully, 9 to him thou payest no heed. 10 By no means! Verily it is an admonition. 11 So let whosoever will pay heed to it, 12 In honored books, 13 Exalted, purified, 14 Written by the hands of emissaries. 15 Noble and pious. 16 May man be slain – how ungrateful he is! 17 From what did He create him? 18 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him, 19 Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him) 20 Then He causes him to die and be buried. 21 Then when He listeth, He shall raise him to life. 22 Yet man declines to do His bidding. 23 Then let mankind look at his food - 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts], 26 then caused the grain to grow out of it, 27 And grapes and vegetables 28 and olives, and palms, 29 And garden-closes of thick foliage 30 And fruits and herbage: 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others. 37 Some faces that Day, will be bright (true believers of Islamic Monotheism). 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news; 39 whereas some faces will be covered with dust 40 and covered by darkness. 41 Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him), etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers). 42