He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ HE FROWNED AND turned away, 1 Because a blind man came to him. 2 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) 3 Or be admonished, so that the admonition might have profited him? 4 Now he who waxes indifferent, 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 though you are not to blame if he would not cleanse himself. 7 And to him who came to you eagerly 8 and fears (Allah), 9 So you leave him, and are engrossed elsewhere! 10 By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction: 11 and whosoever wills, shall remember it. 12 Inscribed in Writs honoured, 13 most exalted and purified, 14 [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels, 15 noble and pious. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him? 18 Of a drop of seed. He created him and formed him according to a measure. 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him. 21 and then, if it be His will, He shall raise him again to life, 22 Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 Let the human reflect on the food he eats, 24 [how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly; 25 and split the earth, splitting, 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and herbage, 28 And olives and palms 29 And thick gardens, 30 and fruits and fodder 31 an enjoyment for you and your flocks. 32 At length, when there comes the Deafening Noise,- 33 The day on which a man shall fly from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father 35 As well as his wife and children. 36 On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him. 37 Many a face will be glittering on that day. 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news; 39 And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained; 40 Darkness shall cover them. 41 these, these will be the ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity! 42