He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and then turned away 1 Because the blind man came unto him. 2 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 For him who does not care, 5 to him thou attendest 6 And you have nothing to lose if he does not become pure. 7 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose 8 and fearfully, 9 you ignore him. 10 These verses are a reminder 11 So whosoever willeth - let him be admonished therewlth. 12 (Contained) in honoured pages, 13 uplifted, purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 From what thing doth He create him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 Then maketh the way easy for him, 20 Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried. 21 and then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life. 22 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, 25 Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts, 26 Then We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 grapes, vegetables, 28 and olives and palms, 29 and gardens dense with foliage, 30 and fruit and pastures, 31 In order to benefit you and your cattle. 32 But when the Shout cometh 33 on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother, 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 37 Some faces on that Day shall be beaming with happiness, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust, 40 Blackness will cover them: 41 Those! they are the infidels, the ungodly. 42