He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ (The Prophet) frowned and turned away, 1 Because the blind man had come in his august presence. 2 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified 3 or receive some (Quranic) advice which would benefit him. 4 But the self-sufficient, 5 to a rich man, 6 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). 7 And as for him who cometh unto thee running, 8 And he feareth 9 you pay no heed to him. 10 NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder: 11 So let him who pleases mind it. 12 (It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz). 13 Exalted and holy, 14 borne by the hands of scribes, 15 noble and most virtuous. 16 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah; 17 From what thing doth He create him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 and made the path of guidance easy for him to follow. 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 21 Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life. 22 Nay; but he has not done what He bade him. 23 Let man look at his food: 24 For that We pour forth water in abundance, 25 then We split the earth in fissures 26 Then We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and vegetables 28 And olive-trees and palm-trees 29 And enclosed gardens luxuriant. 30 and fruits and pastures – 31 (These are made so as to be) means of enjoyment for you and your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry shall be sounded 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 Mother and father, 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 37 Many faces will that day be bright, 38 laughing, joyous; 39 And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, 40 and veiled with darkness. 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42