He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs). 2 Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity, 3 or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him. 4 As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, 5 to him thou attendest 6 Whereas it is not on thee that he is not cleansed. 7 As for him who comes to you striving (after goodness), 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 You neglect. 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 (and whoso wills, shall remember it) 12 (This Quran) is also recorded in honorable books, 13 Exalted, Purified, 14 (Written) by the hands of scribes- 15 Noble and pious. 16 Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful! 17 From what substance did He create him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him, 19 Then doth He make His path smooth for him; 20 Then gave him death, so had him put in the grave. 21 Then when He wills, He will resurrect him. 22 Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him! 23 Then let man look to his food, 24 [how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly; 25 and let the earth to break open 26 Then We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and green fodder 28 and olives, and palms, 29 the densely tree'd gardens, 30 And fruits and grasses: 31 For use and convenience to you and your cattle. 32 So when the deafening Shout arrives, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his brother, 34 his mother, his father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others. 37 Some faces on that day will be radiant, 38 laughing and joyous 39 but others will be gloomy 40 enveloped by darkness. 41 Those, they are the unbelievers, the immoral. 42