The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/80. Frowned

80. Frowned (Abasa)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

He frowned and turned away, 

Because the blind man came to him. 

And what would make thee know that he might purify himself, 

Or be mindful, so the Reminder should profit him? 

As for him who considers himself free from need 

To him thou dost attend. 

And no blame is on thee, if he purify himself not. 

And as to him who comes to thee striving hard, 

<section begin="80:9"/>And he fears -- <section end="80:9"/>

<section begin="80:10"/>To him thou payest no regard. <section end="80:10"/>

<section begin="80:11"/>Nay, surely it is a Reminder. <section end="80:11"/>

<section begin="80:12"/>So let him who will mind it. <section end="80:12"/>

<section begin="80:13"/>In honoured books, <section end="80:13"/>

<section begin="80:14"/>Exalted, purified, <section end="80:14"/>

<section begin="80:15"/>In the hands of scribes, <section end="80:15"/>

<section begin="80:16"/>Noble, virtuous. <section end="80:16"/>

<section begin="80:17"/>Woe to man! How ungrateful is he! <section end="80:17"/>

<section begin="80:18"/>Of what thing did He create him? <section end="80:18"/>

<section begin="80:19"/>Of a small life-germ. He creates him, then proportions him, <section end="80:19"/>

<section begin="80:20"/>Then makes the way easy for him, <section end="80:20"/>

<section begin="80:21"/>Then He causes him to die, then assigns to him a grave, <section end="80:21"/>

<section begin="80:22"/>Then; when He will, He raises him to life again. <section end="80:22"/>

<section begin="80:23"/>Nay, but he does not what He commands him. <section end="80:23"/>

<section begin="80:24"/>Then let man look at his food -- <section end="80:24"/>

<section begin="80:25"/>How We pour down abundant water, <section end="80:25"/>

<section begin="80:26"/>Then cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder, <section end="80:26"/>

<section begin="80:27"/>Then cause the grain to grow therein, <section end="80:27"/>

<section begin="80:28"/>And grapes and clover, <section end="80:28"/>

<section begin="80:29"/>And the olive and the palm, <section end="80:29"/>

<section begin="80:30"/>And thick gardens, <section end="80:30"/>

<section begin="80:31"/>And fruits and herbage -- <section end="80:31"/>

<section begin="80:32"/>A provision for you and your cattle. <section end="80:32"/>

<section begin="80:33"/>But when the deafening cry comes, <section end="80:33"/>

<section begin="80:34"/>The day when a man flees from his brother, <section end="80:34"/>

<section begin="80:35"/>And his mother and his father, <section end="80:35"/>

<section begin="80:36"/>And his spouse and his sons. <section end="80:36"/>

<section begin="80:37"/>Every man of them, that day, will have concern enough to make him indifferent to others. <section end="80:37"/>

<section begin="80:38"/>Faces on that day will be bright, <section end="80:38"/>

<section begin="80:39"/>Laughing, joyous. <section end="80:39"/>

<section begin="80:40"/>And faces on that day will have dust on them, <section end="80:40"/>

<section begin="80:41"/>Darkness covering them? <section end="80:41"/>

<section begin="80:42"/>Those are the disbelievers, the wicked. <section end="80:42"/>