He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 Or that he might receive admonition, and that the admonition might profit him? 4 As for him who is not in want of any thing, 5 you attend to him, 6 Though it is no blame to thee if he grow not (in spiritual understanding). 7 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] 8 And with fear (in his heart), 9 From him will you divert yourself. 10 Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition. 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 In honored books, 13 exalted and purified, 14 borne by the hands of scribes, 15 noble and pious. 16 [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth! 17 From what did He create him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him, 19 then the way eased for him, 20 He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave. 21 and He will resurrect him whenever He wants. 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Let the human reflect on the food he eats, 24 We poured water, pouring it in great abundance, 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 And produce therein corn, 27 and vines, and reeds, 28 And the olive and the palm, 29 And thick gardens, 30 And fruits and Abba (herbage, etc.), 31 all this as a provision for you and your cattle. 32 But when the Shout cometh 33 it will be such a day when a person will run away from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 For every one of them on that Day shall be business enough to occupy 37 Many a face will be glittering on that day. 38 laughing and joyful, 39 Some faces on that Day shall be dust-ridden, 40 Blackness will cover them. 41 These are they who are unbelievers, the wicked. 42