He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because the blind man had come in his august presence. 2 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace) 3 or he might be mindful and good counsel might avail him. 4 But the self-sufficient, 5 To him dost thou attend; 6 And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified. 7 but as for one who comes to you, eagerly 8 While he fears [Allah], 9 Him thou neglectest! 10 By no means! Verily it is an admonition. 11 so let those who want to follow its guidance do so. 12 Inscribed in Writs honoured, 13 Exalted, purified, 14 By the hands of scribes. 15 and angelic scribes. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 Of what thing hath He created him? 18 He created him from a living germ. He determined his fate 19 Then eased the way for him. 20 He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave. 21 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life. 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Then let mankind look at his food - 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 and thereupon We cause grain to grow out of it, 27 and vines, and reeds, 28 And olives and palms 29 And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees, 30 And fruits and fodder,- 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry shall be sounded 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 his mother and his father, 35 And his wife and his sons; 36 every man that day shall have business to suffice him. 37 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright - 38 Laughing, joyous. 39 but some faces will be covered with dust 40 and overcast with gloom: 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42