He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ (The Prophet) frowned and turned away, 1 that the blind man came to him. 2 And what could let you know? Perhaps he (comes to hear you) to be purified. 3 Or be admonished, and the admonition profit him? 4 But the self-sufficient, 5 So you are after him! 6 Though it is not your concern if he should not grow (in fulness). 7 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] 8 And he feareth 9 You neglect. 10 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment, 11 and whosoever wills, shall remember it. 12 In honored books, 13 lofty and pure, 14 In the hands of scribes (angels). 15 Noble, virtuous. 16 Perish Man! How unthankful he is! 17 From what thing did He create him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 Then the way He made easy. 20 and in the end He causes him to die and brings him to the grave; 21 and then, whenever He wishes, He will raise him back to life. 22 No indeed! Man has not accomplished His bidding. 23 So man must look at his food. 24 We poured down rain abundantly, 25 and let the earth to break open 26 And We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle), 28 and olives, and palms, 29 And gardens, dense with many trees, 30 And fruits and herbage 31 for you and for your animals to enjoy. 32 Then when cometh the Deafening Cry 33 That Day shall a man flee from his own brother, 34 And his mother and his father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Each one of them, that Day, will have enough concern (of his own) to make him indifferent to the others. 37 Some faces on that day shall shine 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 but others will be gloomy 40 Dust shall cover them 41 Those, they are the unbelievers, the immoral. 42