He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 from a blind man who had come up to him. 2 What made you think that he will not grow in virtue, 3 or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him. 4 Yet you pay attention 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 although it is not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified. 7 And he who comes to thee eagerly 8 and fearfully, 9 You neglect. 10 No indeed, this is a Reminder; 11 So whosoever willeth - let him be admonished therewlth. 12 (This Quran) is also recorded in honorable books, 13 most exalted and purified, 14 [borne] by the hands of messengers 15 noble and virtuous scribes. 16 Perish man! how ungrateful he is! 17 Of what thing hath He created him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 then eased his path for him, 20 Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried. 21 Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again. 22 Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 So man must look at his food. 24 We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, 25 and cleaved the earth, cleaving it asunder; 26 and therein made the grains to grow 27 And grapes and herbage 28 And Olives and Dates, 29 and burgeoning enclosed gardens 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 On the Day whereon a man shall flee from his brother, 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 his wife and his sons: 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 37 Some faces will shine, 38 laughing, joyous; 39 And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust. 40 with darkness overspread: 41 those -- they are the unbelievers, the libertines. 42