He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned (his) back, 1 that the blind man came to him. 2 Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity, 3 or have been reminded [of the truth,] and helped by this reminder. 4 As for him who regardeth himself self-sufficient 5 to a rich man, 6 though you will not be questioned even if he never purifies himself. 7 And as for him who cometh unto thee running, 8 and fears (Allah), 9 you pay him no heed. 10 No indeed; this is only a Reminder. 11 Therefore let whoso will, keep it in remembrance. 12 (It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz). 13 Exalted (in dignity), kept pure and holy, 14 by the hands of scribes 15 Honourable and obedient. 16 Perish man! how ungrateful he is! 17 Of what thing hath He created him? 18 From a drop of liquid; He created him and then set several measures for him. 19 He makes his path easy for him. 20 He will then send him to death and have him laid in the grave. 21 and He will resurrect him whenever He wants. 22 Indeed, he has not fulfilled that which He has ordered him. 23 Let man look at his food: 24 [how it is] that We pour down water, pouring it down abundantly; 25 and split the earth, splitting, 26 and therein made the grains to grow 27 together with grapes and vegetables, 28 And olives and palms 29 Orchards thick with trees, 30 And fruits and grass, 31 A provision for you and your cattle. 32 Then when cometh the Deafening Cry 33 on a Day when everyone will [want to] flee from his brother, 34 mother, father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 every man that day shall have business to suffice him. 37 Many faces will that day be bright, 38 Laughing, joyous. 39 Some faces on that Day shall be dust-ridden, 40 Darkness shall cover them. 41 Those! they are the infidels, the ungodly. 42