He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ The Prophet frowned and turned away 1 Because there came unto him a blind man. 2 But what would make you perceive, [O Muhammad], that perhaps he might be purified 3 or yet remember, and the Reminder profit him. 4 As for him who was indifferent, 5 To him you attend; 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 him didst thou disregard! 10 No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder; 11 and so, whoever is willing may remember Him 12 Inscribed in Writs honoured, 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 [borne] by the hands of messengers 15 Honourable and Pious and Just. 16 Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is! 17 From what stuff hath He created him? 18 Of a drop of seed. He created him and formed him according to a measure. 19 Then eased the way for him. 20 Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave; 21 Then, when He willed, He brought him out. (As during the night of Holy Prophet’s ascension, when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection.) 22 Yet man declines to do His bidding. 23 Let man reflect on the food he eats. 24 We poured out the rains abundantly, 25 Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts], 26 Then We cause to grow therein the grain, 27 and vines, and reeds, 28 and olives and palms, 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 and fruit and pastures, 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 But when the Shout cometh 33 on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother, 34 And from his mother and his father, 35 And his wife and his sons; 36 for on that day everyone will be completely engrossed in his own concerns. 37 Faces on that Day shall be beaming, 38 and be cheerful and joyous. 39 And (many) faces on that day, on them shall be dust, 40 and veiled with darkness. 41 These will be the unbelievers, the wicked. 42