Surah “He Frowned”

as rendered by Wahiduddin Khan — 42 verses

He frowned and turned awa
when the blind man approached him
for how can you know that he might seek to purify himself
or take heed and derive benefit from [Our] warning
As for him who was indifferent
you eagerly attended to hi
though you are not to be blamed if he would not purify himself
but as for one who comes to you, eagerly
and in awe of Go
you pay him no heed
Indeed, this [Quran] is an admonition
Let him who will, pay heed to it
It is set down on honoured pages
exalted and purified
by the hands o
noble and virtuous scribes
Woe to man! How ungrateful he is
Of what [stuff] has He created him
Out of a drop of sperm! He creates and proportions him
He makes his path easy for him
Then He causes him to die and be buried
Then when He pleases, He will bring him back to life
Yet man declines to do His bidding
Let man reflect on the food he eats
We let the rain pour down in torrent
and then We cleaved the earth asunder
We make the grain grow out of it
and grape vines and vegetables
and olive trees and date palm
and burgeoning enclosed garden
and fruits and fodder
as provision for you and for your cattle to enjoy
But when the deafening blast is sounded
on that Day a man shall flee from his own brother
his mother, his father
his wife and his sons
on that Day every man among them will have enough concern of his ow
on that Day some faces will be beaming
laughing, and rejoicing
but some faces will be covered with dust
and overcast with gloom
those will be ones who denied the truth and were immersed in iniquity