He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ HE FROWNED AND turned away, 1 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. 2 And what should teach thee? Perchance he would cleanse him, 3 Or be admonished, so that the admonition might have profited him? 4 As to one who regards Himself as self-sufficient, 5 To him dost thou attend; 6 though you are not to be blamed if he would not purify himself -- 7 And for him who came to you striving, 8 and who has fear of God, 9 From him will you divert yourself. 10 These verses are a reminder 11 So whoso wills may give heed to it. 12 It is set down on honoured pages, 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 borne by the hands of scribes, 15 Noble and righteous. 16 [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth! 17 Out of what did Allah create him? 18 From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him; 19 Then the way He made easy. 20 Then He caused him to die and be buried 21 Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life. 22 Yet man declines to do His bidding. 23 Then let man look at his food, 24 It is We Who pour forth water, pouring, 25 And We split the earth in fragments, 26 Then We cause to grow therein the grain, 27 and vines and edible plants, 28 And olive-trees and palm-trees 29 thickly planted gardens, 30 And fruits and grass, 31 [As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock. 32 AND SO, when the piercing call [of resurrection] is heard 33 On the Day whereon a man shall flee from his brother, 34 his mother, his father, 35 his wife and his children. 36 every man that day shall have business to suffice him. 37 On that day faces will be bright as dawn, 38 laughing, and rejoicing, 39 but others will be gloomy 40 with darkness overspread: 41 Those! they are the infidels, the ungodly. 42