He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
۞ He frowned and then turned away 1 that the blind man came to him. 2 for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself, 3 or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning? 4 As for him who was indifferent, 5 to him thou attendest 6 And no blame is on you if he would not purify himself 7 But as to him who came to thee striving earnestly, 8 And he feareth 9 of him you were unmindful. 10 No indeed, this is a Reminder; 11 So let him who pleases mind it. 12 upon highly honored pages, 13 exalted, purified, 14 [borne] by the hands of messengers 15 noble and pious. 16 Perish the human! How unthankful he is! 17 Of what substance God created him? 18 From a single sperm He created, then proportioned him, 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him; 21 then, He will raise him when He wills. 22 By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him. 23 Then let mankind look at his food - 24 It is We Who pour forth water, pouring, 25 And We split the earth in clefts, 26 Then We cause to grow therein the grain, 27 grapes, vegetables, 28 And olives and palms 29 And thick gardens, 30 and fruits and herbage, 31 For use and convenience to you and your cattle. 32 But when the deafening cry shall be sounded 33 it will be such a day when a person will run away from his brother, 34 his mother, his father, 35 And from his wife and his children. 36 Everyone on that Day will have affairs to keep him occupied. 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 Blackness will cover them. 41 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones. 42