He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Umm-Maktum, who came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs). 2 How canst thou know, whether haply he might be cleansed, 3 or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? 4 Now as for him who believes himself to be self-sufficient 5 to him didst thou give thy whole attention, 6 although it is not for you to be concerned if he remained unpurified. 7 And for him who came to you striving, 8 And is afraid (of Allah and His Punishment), 9 You neglect. 10 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment, 11 So whoever wishes may remember it. 12 upon highly honored pages, 13 Exalted, pure. 14 In the hands of scribes 15 Noble and pious. 16 [But only too often] man destroys himself: how stubbornly does he deny the truth! 17 From what substance did He create him? 18 Of a sperm-drop He created him, and determined him, 19 Then the way He made easy. 20 Then He caused him to die and made him to be buried. 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 Then let man look to his food, 24 It is We Who pour forth water, pouring, 25 and then We cleave the earth [with new growth,] cleaving it asunder, 26 Then We cause to grow therein the grain, 27 and grape vines and vegetables, 28 and the olive, and the palm, 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 On that day man will run away from his brother. 34 And his mother and his father, 35 And his wife and his children, 36 for on that day everyone will be completely engrossed in his own concerns. 37 Some faces will shine, 38 Laughing, joyous. 39 And some faces will on that Day with dust be covered, 40 and overcast with gloom: 41 These will be the unbelievers, the wicked. 42