He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 that the blind man came to him. 2 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 But the self-sufficient, 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified. 7 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] 8 and in awe [of God] 9 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another, 10 Assuredly this is a reminder 11 For any one who desires to bear it in mind, 12 On honourable pages. 13 Exalted (in dignity), purified, 14 (Set down) by scribes 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful! 17 From what thing doth He create him? 18 From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him; 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 then makes him to die, and buries him, 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 No indeed! Man has not accomplished His bidding. 23 Let man therefore consider (the sources of) his food. 24 how We pour down rain in abundance, 25 Then We cracked the earth open under pressure (of germination) 26 then caused the grain to grow out of it, 27 And grapes and vegetables 28 and olives, and palms, 29 and dense-tree'd gardens, 30 And fruit and grass - 31 For use and convenience to you and your cattle. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 On the Day a man will flee from his brother 34 and his mother and his father; 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others. 37 Many a face will be glittering on that day. 38 Laughing, joyous. 39 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained; 40 with darkness overspread: 41 Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him), etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers). 42