He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ (The Prophet) frowned and turned away, 1 that the blind man came to him. 2 But what could tell you that per chance he might become pure (from sins)? 3 or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him. 4 As for him who is not in want of any thing, 5 Unto him thou attendest. 6 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace). 7 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 From him will you divert yourself. 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it. 12 On honoured leaves 13 Exalted, purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Noble and dutiful. 16 Accursed be man! How stubbornly he denies the Truth. 17 From what substance did He create him? 18 He created him from a living germ. He determined his fate 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave; 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again). 22 Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him! 23 Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food. 24 That We watered it in abundance. 25 and split the earth, splitting, 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 grapes, and fresh fodder, 28 And olives and date-palms, 29 And enclosed gardens luxuriant. 30 And fruits and herbage 31 for you and for your herds to delight in. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 his mother, his father, 35 And his wife and his children, 36 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 37 Many a face will be glittering on that day. 38 laughing and joyful, 39 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust. 40 o'erspread with darkness -- 41 those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity. 42