“He frowned and turned away” was revealed about Ibn Umm Maktum the blind man. He came to the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Guide me.’ At that time, there was a revered man from the idolaters with the Messenger of Allah. So the Messenger of Allah turned away from him and faced the other man, saying: ‘Do you think that there is something wrong with what I am saying?’ He said: ‘No.’ So it was about that that it was revealed.”  

أُنْزِلَ ( عبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى ) فِي ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الأَعْمَى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْشِدْنِي وَعِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الآخَرِ وَيَقُولُ أَتَرَى بِمَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا فَيُقَالُ لاَ فَفِي هَذَا أُنْزِلَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came and started saying, "O Prophet of Allah, guide me." There was a man among the prominent pagans with the Prophet ﷺ who he ignored and turned to someone else. The Prophet ﷺ then asked the man, "Do you perceive any difficulty in what I am saying?" and the man replied, "No." Then the verse "He frowned and turned away" (Surah Abasa, 80:1) was revealed.  

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَرْشِدْنِي قَالَتْ وَعِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الْآخَرِ فقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا فُلَانُ أَتَرَى بِمَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا» فَيَقُولُ لَا فَنَزَلَتْ {عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى}