He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ (The Prophet (Peace be upon him)) frowned and turned away, 1 Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. 2 But what could tell you that per chance he might become pure (from sins)? 3 Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him? 4 Now he who waxes indifferent, 5 You pay full attention, 6 although it is not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified. 7 but as for him who came unto thee full of eagerness 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another, 10 No indeed, this is a Reminder; 11 So let him who pleases mind it. 12 On honoured leaves 13 Exalted and holy, 14 By the hands of scribes. 15 noble and purified. 16 Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he! 17 From what stuff hath He created him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 Then the way He made easy. 20 Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave; 21 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life. 22 Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded. 23 Let the human reflect on the food he eats, 24 That We pour forth water in abundance, 25 and then We cleaved the earth asunder. 26 Thereby produced grain in it. 27 together with grapes and vegetables, 28 And olives and date palms, 29 And gardens of dense shrubbery 30 And fruits and herbage: 31 (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle. 32 But, when the Blast comes, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his own brother, 34 and from his mother and father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him. 37 Some faces will on that Day be bright with happiness, 38 laughing and joyful, 39 but others will be gloomy 40 with darkness overspread: 41 Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allah, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him), etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers). 42