He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity, 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 As for him who considers himself free from need (of you), 5 to him didst thou give thy whole attention, 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 And as for him who cometh unto thee running, 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another, 10 NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder: 11 and whosoever wills, shall remember it. 12 [It is recorded] in honored sheets, 13 lofty and pure, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 noble and purified. 16 Perish the human! How unthankful he is! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 From a (sperm) drop He created him and then determined him, 19 and then made the course of life easy for him, 20 Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave, 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 By no means he performed not that which He had commanded him. 23 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it): 24 That We watered it in abundance. 25 Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination) 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and herbage, 28 and olives, and palms, 29 And enclosed gardens luxuriant. 30 And fruits and grass, 31 all this as a provision for you and your cattle. 32 AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard 33 On that day man will run away from his brother. 34 And his mother and his father, 35 And his wife and his children, 36 for on that day everyone will be completely engrossed in his own concerns. 37 Some faces on that day shall shine 38 laughing, rejoicing at glad tidings. 39 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained; 40 o'erspread with darkness -- 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42