He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ HE FROWNED AND turned away, 1 when the blind came to him. 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him. 4 For him who does not care, 5 to him didst thou give thy whole attention, 6 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace). 7 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 of him you were unmindful. 10 Assuredly this is a reminder 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 (This Quran) is also recorded in honorable books, 13 lofty and pure, 14 by the hands of the noble, virtuous, 15 Honourable and obedient. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 From what stuff hath He created him? 18 Out of a sperm-drop did He create him and then determined a measure for him, 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 Then He causes him to die and be buried. 21 Then, when He willed, He brought him out. (As during the night of Holy Prophet’s ascension, when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection.) 22 Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 Let man look at his food: 24 how We pour down rain in abundance, 25 Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts, 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle), 28 And olives and palms 29 And dense gardens, 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother 34 and his mother and his father; 35 his wife and his children. 36 On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him. 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, 40 Darkness shall cover them. 41 those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity. 42