He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ (The Prophet (Peace be upon him)) frowned and turned away, 1 because the blind man approached him! 2 And what could let you know? Perhaps he (comes to hear you) to be purified. 3 Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him? 4 As for he who thinks himself without need, 5 you attend to him, 6 What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief, you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah). 7 But as to him who came to you running. 8 and fears (Allah), 9 From him you are distracted. 10 No indeed; it is a Reminder 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 [It is recorded] in honored sheets, 13 Exalted and holy, 14 (Set down) by scribes 15 noble and pious. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 From what has God created him? 18 From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions; 19 then the way eased for him, 20 Then He caused him to die and made him to 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 Yet man declines to do His bidding. 23 Let the human being think about (how We produce) his food. 24 It is We Who pour forth water, pouring, 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 And caused to grow within it grain 27 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle), 28 and olive trees and date palms 29 And garden-closes of thick foliage 30 and fruits and fodder 31 In order to benefit you and your cattle. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 Man will fly from his brother, 34 Mother and father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Each man will have enough cares that day. 37 On that day faces will be bright as dawn, 38 laughing, joyous; 39 And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom. 40 Darkness shall cover them. 41 Such will be the Rejecters of Allah, the doers of iniquity. 42