He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 when the blind came to him. 2 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 As for him who is not in want of any thing, 5 To him you give attention. 6 And you have nothing to lose if he does not become pure. 7 And as to him who comes to you striving hard, 8 And is also fearful (of God), 9 Him thou neglectest! 10 Nay, (do not do like this), indeed it (these Verses of this Quran) are an admonition, 11 So whoever wishes may remember it. 12 (This Quran) is also recorded in honorable books, 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 In the hands of scribes 15 Noble and righteous. 16 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah; 17 From what thing did He create him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature, 19 Then maketh the way easy for him, 20 and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave; 21 and then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life. 22 Certainly, he has not duly fulfilled His commands. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 We poured down rain abundantly, 25 Thereafter We cleave the earth in clefts, 26 And caused to grow within it grain 27 And grapes and herbage 28 and olive trees and date palms 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 an enjoyment for you and your flocks. 32 But when the great calamity comes 33 Man will fly from his brother, 34 and his mother and his father; 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 on that Day every man among them will have enough concern of his own -- 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise). 39 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them, 40 and covered by darkness. 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones. 42