He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 And what do you know, he may be of the pure! 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 As for him who thinketh himself independent, 5 So you are after him! 6 Whereas it is not on thee that he is not cleansed. 7 And to him who came to you eagerly 8 And he feareth 9 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another, 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 In honored books, 13 Exalted (in dignity), purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Honourable and obedient. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 From what has God created him? 18 He created him from a living germ. He determined his fate 19 Then doth He make His path smooth for him; 20 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him; 21 Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life. 22 By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him. 23 Let man look at his food: 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 And cause the grain to grow therein 27 and grape vines and vegetables, 28 And olives and date-palms, 29 the densely tree'd gardens, 30 fruits, and grass. 31 A provision for you and for your cattle. 32 But when the deafening blast is sounded, 33 On that day man will run away from his brother. 34 Mother and father, 35 and from his spouse and his 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, and rejoicing, 39 And many will be dust-begrimed, 40 with darkness overspread: 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42