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Mohamad_Hussein
Salam

The other day I was reading surat 'Abasa and now I am really curious to know who frowned. Does in anyone?
Laayla
Wa Salam.

Really brother you can find most of your questions at www.al-islam.org. I would just search the main key words of your question and I would find the answer.
The answer to your question is below. Insh'Allah you will take the time to read it.

Ma Salamah.

'Abasa watawalla ("He frowned and turned away" - 80:1)



This verse is one of the verses of the Holy Qur'an whose interpretation differs between the two main schools of thought. The majority of the Sunni scholars claim that the man who frowned and turned away from the blind person was the Holy Prophet (pbuh&hf), while the Shi'a scholars say that the man who frowned and turned away was one of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh&hf), not the Prophet (pbuh&hf) himself.



According to the Sunni scholars, the blind man was 'Abdullah ibn Um Maktoum. He is said to have come to the Holy Prophet (pbuh&hf) when he was conversing with a group of non-believers including Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, Abu Jahl ibn Hisham, al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Mutallib, 'Ubay, and Umayyah ibn Khalaf, and trying to incline their hearts towards Islam. Since they were the leaders of Makkan society, if they embraced Islam, many others would follow suit. This man came and interrupted the Prophet (pbuh&hf) and asked him to teach him what Allah had taught him, not knowing that the Prophet (pbuh&hf) was busy with this group of people. So the Prophet (pbuh&hf) frowned.



The Shi'a interpretation of this verse, as narrated from the sixth imam of the ahl al-bayt, Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (pbuh), is that it descended because one of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh&hf), who happened to be from Bani Umayyah, was sitting next to the Prophet (pbuh&hf), and, when the blind man came, he expressed dislike and disgust at him, then turned his face away from him.[257] This interpretation is more in character with the Prophet (pbuh&hf) since frowning was not one of the Prophet's (pbuh&hf) characteristics, even with his enemies. Nor were inclining towards the rich and abandoning the poor among the Prophet's (pbuh&hf) characteristics. Allah attributes the highest moral character to the Prophet (pbuh&hf): "And verily you (Muhammad) are on an exalted standard of character."[258] "And by the mercy of Allah, you (Muhammad) dealt with them kindly. And had you been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you."[259] "Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger from among yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty. He is anxious for you to be rightly guided. For the believers, he is full of piety, kind and merciful."[260] After all of these testimonies from Almighty Allah, it is difficult to believe that the Prophet (pbuh&hf) would still frown and turn away from one of his blind companions since he (pbuh&hf) began and ended his mission by expressing his affectionate support to the needy, the blind, and the disabled in society and spent nights without food to sympathize with the poor. It is strange that some commentators consider attributing this verse to one of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh&hf) as an insult to the companions, while they do not consider the interpretation that this verse refers to the Prophet (pbuh&hf) as an insult to the Prophet (pbuh&hf) himself when he (pbuh&hf) is the highest example of ethical and moral behavior and is the master and leader of all the faithful.

http://www.al-islam.org/shiism/17.htm
Mohamad_Hussein
Salam

It's definitely not the Rassoul because even I wouldn't make a mistake like that.
mirz
the ulamas of ahlissunnah far from blaming the highest prophet with bad attribute. it is them who convey the true and real Islamic teaching to the posterity. how can anyone said that the sunni do not respect the highest prophet.
the great ulamas of ahlissunnah intepreted the verse in such a way that the highest prophet at that time was exercising his ijtihad regarding Hadrat Abdullah ibni Makhtum. he felt that he better concerntrate on the rich Quraisy before coming to hadrat ibnu makhtum. however, ALLAHU TAALA revealed the Sura ABASA in order to correct him and this is common throughout highest prophet lifetime. the highest prophet never disrespected the blind Sahabi but his blessed heart echoing that if this man be patient so i can do my da'wah to this rich Quraisy first. however, the ABASA surah revealed so that da'wah must be aimed at anyone. this is one of the mu'jiza of ALQURAN ALKARIM because enemy of islam cannot accuse the great BOOK as the product of highest prophet's imagination. they can see clearly that it was revealed by the almighty ALLAHU TAALA as there are verses correcting the ijtihad of the highest prophet himself.
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