He Frowned ('Abasa)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away. 1 because the blind man approached him! 2 for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself, 3 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him? 4 For him who does not care, 5 to a rich man, 6 although it is not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified. 7 but as for one who comes to you, eagerly 8 and fears (Allah), 9 you pay no heed to him. 10 Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition. 11 So let whosoever will pay heed to it, 12 In honored books, 13 exalted, purified, 14 [borne] by the hands of messengers 15 noble and purified. 16 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he! 17 [Does man ever consider] out of what substance [God] creates him? 18 He created him from a living germ. He determined his fate 19 and then makes it easy for him to go through life; 20 Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him. 21 and then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life. 22 Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him. 23 Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it): 24 We let the rain pour down in torrents 25 and split the earth, splitting, 26 We make the grain grow out of it, 27 and vines and edible plants, 28 And olives and date palms, 29 And thick gardens, 30 And fruit and grass - 31 (These are made so as to be) means of enjoyment for you and your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry comes, 33 Man will fly from his brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 wife and sons, 36 on that Day every man among them will have enough concern of his own -- 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 Laughing, rejoicing. 39 And other faces that Day will be dust-stained, 40 Darkness will cover them, 41 It is they, the disbelievers, the sinners. 42