He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. 2 But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)?- 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 For him who does not care, 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). 7 But he who comes to you running, 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 to him thou payest no heed. 10 Nay! surely it is an admonishment. 11 So let whosoever will pay heed to it, 12 It is contained in scrolls highly honoured, 13 Exalted, purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 noble and most virtuous. 16 Accursed is man. How ungrateful is he! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 He created him from a living germ. He determined his fate 19 Then He makes the Path easy for him; 20 then causes him to die and buries him, 21 then, when He wills, He raises him. 22 By no means he performed not that which He had commanded him. 23 Let man look at his food: 24 For that We pour forth water in abundance, 25 Then We cracked the earth open under pressure of germination 26 and therein made the grains to grow 27 and vines, and reeds, 28 And olive and palm trees 29 And dense gardens, 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 for you and for your animals to enjoy. 32 Then, when there comes As-Sakhkhah (the Day of Resurrection's second blowing of Trumpet), 33 That Day shall a man flee from his own brother, 34 and his mother and his father; 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 37 on that Day some faces will be beaming, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise). 39 Some faces on that Day shall be dust-ridden, 40 Covered with blackness: 41 these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity! 42