He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 Because there came to him the blind man. 2 But what could tell you that per chance he might become pure (from sins)? 3 or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? 4 Now he who waxes indifferent, 5 To him you give attention. 6 Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness). 7 But he who comes to you running, 8 and in awe of God 9 From him thou art distracted. 10 These verses are a reminder 11 So whoever wills may remember it. 12 It is set down on honoured pages, 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 by the hands of the noble, virtuous, 15 noble and virtuous scribes. 16 [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth! 17 Of what [stuff] has He created him? 18 From a (sperm) drop He created him and then determined him, 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 But no. He has not fulfilled what was enjoined on him. 23 Let man consider his food: 24 That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance, 25 Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder, 26 And caused to grow within it grain 27 and grape vines and vegetables, 28 And olive-trees and palm-trees 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 and fruits and fodder 31 an enjoyment for you and your flocks. 32 AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard 33 The day on which a man shall fly from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 As well as his wife and 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 on that day will be radiant, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 whereas some faces will be covered with dust 40 enveloped by darkness. 41 These will be the unbelievers, the wicked. 42