Surah 'Abasa (He Frowned) 80

Revealed 24th in the Qur'an

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The prophet frowned and turned away

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Because the blind man came to him.

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But what would make you perceive, that perhaps he might be purified

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Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

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As for he who thinks himself free of need [from God],

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You give attention to him.

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And there is no [blame] upon you if he will not be purified.

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But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

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While he fears [God],

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You are distracted from him.

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No! Indeed, these verses are a reminder;

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So whoever wills may remember it.

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[It is recorded] in honored Scriptures,

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Exalted and purified,

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In the hands of [angel] scribes,

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Noble and dutiful.

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Man is destroyed; what made him disbelieve?

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From what substance did He create him?

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He created him from a drop [of seed] and destined for him;

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Then He eased the way for him;

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Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

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Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

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No! Man has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

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Then let mankind look at his food -

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How We poured down water in torrents,

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Then We broke the earth open, splitting [it with sprouts],

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And caused grain to grow within it

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And grapes and herbage

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And olive and palm trees

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And orchards of dense shrubbery

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And fruit and grass -

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[As] enjoyment for you and your grazing livestock.

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But when the Deafening Blast comes

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On the Day, a man will flee from his brother

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And his mother and his father

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And his wife and his children.

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That Day, there will be an adequate matter for every man among them.

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[Some] faces will be bright that Day - *Book of Enoch 38:4, *2 Ezra 7:55

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Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

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And [other] faces will have dust upon them that Day.

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Blackness will cover them. *2 Ezra 7:55

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Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.