He Frowned ('Abasa)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ He frowned and turned away 1 Because a blind man came to him. 2 You never know. Perhaps he wanted to purify himself, 3 or have been reminded [of the truth,] and helped by this reminder. 4 As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient, 5 Unto him thou payest regard. 6 What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief, you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allah). 7 But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge] 8 And hath fear, 9 you ignore him. 10 By no means (should it be so)! For it is indeed a Message of instruction: 11 For any one who desires to bear it in mind, 12 (This Quran) is also recorded in honorable books, 13 most exalted and purified, 14 borne by the hands of scribes, 15 noble, pious. 16 Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah; 17 Out of what did Allah create him? 18 Out of a drop of sperm He creates him, and thereupon determines his nature, 19 Then He eased the way for him; 20 Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave; 21 Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again). 22 Nay, but man did not fulfil what Allah had enjoined upon him. 23 Let Man consider his nourishment. 24 For that We pour forth water in abundance, 25 And We split the earth in clefts, 26 Then We cause therein the grain to grow, 27 And grapes and clover, 28 And olives and date palms, 29 And thick gardens, 30 And fruits and fodder: 31 Provision for you and your cattle. 32 So when the deafening Shout arrives, 33 That Day shall a man flee from his brother, 34 and his mother and his father; 35 his wife and his sons: 36 Each man will have enough cares that day. 37 Some faces on that day shall shine 38 laughing and joyful, 39 but others will be gloomy 40 and overcast with gloom: 41 These will be the faces of the sinful disbelievers. 42