He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) 3 Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him? 4 As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, 5 To him do you address yourself. 6 though it is not thy concern, if he does not cleanse himself. 7 And as to him who comes to you striving hard, 8 and in awe of God 9 to him thou payest no heed. 10 No indeed; it is a Reminder 11 So let him who pleases mind it. 12 It is contained in scrolls highly honoured, 13 exalted and purified, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 From a (sperm) drop He created him and then determined him, 19 Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him) 20 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him; 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 Yet man declines to do His bidding. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 and let the earth to break open 26 and therein made the grains to grow 27 And grapes and green fodder 28 and the olive, and the palm, 29 And gardens, dense with many trees, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 When the trumpet sounds, 33 Man will fly from his brother, 34 and from his mother and father, 35 And his wife and his children, 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 37 Many faces will that day be bright, 38 laughing and joyous 39 And faces on that Day! upon them shall be gloom. 40 and veiled with darkness. 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42