Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said that Abasa (Sura 80) was sent down about Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and began to say, "O Muhammad, show me a place near you (where I can sit)," whilst one of the leading men of the idol worshippers was in audience with the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ began to turn away from him and give his attention to the other man, and he said to him, "Father of so-and-so, do you see any harm in what I am saying?" and he said, "No, by the blood (of our sacrifices) I see no harm in what you are saying." And Abasa - "He frowned and turned away when the blind man came" - was sent down.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُنْزِلَتْ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى فِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اسْتَدْنِينِي وَعِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الآخَرِ وَيَقُولُ يَا أَبَا فُلاَنٍ هَلْ تَرَى بِمَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا فَيَقُولُ لاَ وَالدِّمَاءِ مَا أَرَى بِمَا تَقُولُ بَأْسًا فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى أَنْ جَاءَهُ الأَعْمَى  

“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.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3331)   

أَتَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ أَرْشِدْنِي قَالَتْ وَعِنْدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَتْ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ وَيُقْبِلُ عَلَى الْآخَرِ وَيَقُولُ «أَتَرَى مَا أَقُولُ بَأْسًا» فَيَقُولُ «لَا» فَفِي هَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّى  

[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}