He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). 2 for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself, 3 Or that he might receive admonition, and that the admonition might profit him? 4 As for him who thinketh himself independent, 5 you eagerly attended to him -- 6 What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief, you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah). 7 And to him who came to you eagerly 8 And whereas he fears, 9 From him will you divert yourself. 10 No indeed, this is a Reminder; 11 So whoever wishes may remember it. 12 On honoured leaves 13 Exalted and purified, 14 By the hands of scribes. 15 Noble and pious. 16 Woe to man! How ungrateful he is! 17 From what substance did He create him? 18 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him, 19 Then made his passage easy (at birth); 20 Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave; 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again). 22 By no means he performed not that which He had commanded him. 23 Then let mankind look at his food - 24 How We poured down water in torrents, 25 And We split the earth in fragments, 26 how We made the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and herbage 28 and olive trees and date palms 29 And thick gardens, 30 and fruits, and pastures, 31 For use and convenience to you and your cattle. 32 And when the Blast shall sound, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his brother, 34 his mother and his father, 35 And from his wife and sons. 36 For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him. 37 [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright - 38 Laughing, rejoicing at good news. 39 And many will be dust-begrimed, 40 Blackness will cover them: 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. 42