Does any one know the correct Tafsir of surah Abasa(80) of the holy Quran? The popular Tafsir by Ibn Kathir degrades the spiritual status of the holy prophet by stating that the holy prophet frowned at an old innocent man, simply for interrupting him.
I find this very incredible.
Anyone knows of a more logical Tafsir to surah Abasa?

Basically, the surah from my little knowledge of the deen is telling the prophet not to relegate the poor or destitutes to the background.

the prophet SAW was paying attention to the rich and the powerful when a blind man came calling on him and he SAW was busy preaching to the powerful and the rich.

The Prophet SAW saw the actions of the blind man as an interruption.

but ALLAH SWT sent angel Jibril (AS) to him SAW and asked why he turned away from the blind man.


The Truth of the matter is tafseer ibn katheer is among the best and donot in anyway bring down the level of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) down.

Wallahu ta'ala a'alaam.

Neutronx:
Does any one know the correct Tafsir of surah Abasa(80) of the holy Quran? The popular Tafsir by Ibn Kathir degrades the spiritual status of the holy prophet by stating that the holy prophet frowned at an old innocent man, simply for interrupting him.
I find this very incredible.
Anyone knows of a more logical Tafsir to surah Abasa?

SURAH ABASA
1. He frowned and turned away

2. Because there came to him the blind man

3. And what would make you know, but that, per chance, he might grow in purity

4. Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him"

5. As to one who regards himself as self-sufficient.


Many Mufassir [Quran exegists] don't even spare the person of the holy prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) from rebukable acts. "To Frown and turn away (in anger)" are negative and lowly vices. These exegists argued that the nominative pronoun in verse 1, the subjective pronoun in verse 2, and the pronouns in verse 3, 6, 7 and 8 refer to the holy prophet.

Some of these mufassir concluded the "frowning and turning away (in anger)" refer to the action displayed by the prophet when a blind, poor believer came for spiritual training amidst the Prophet's interaction with some of the wealthy, arrogant polytheists of Makkah.

Ask yourself brother, who was that characteristics [frowning and turning away in anger] befit most between the Prophet and the wealthy, arrogant Polytheists when a blind, poor believer entered the scene?

To start with, the second surah (chapter) ever revealed (before sura Abasa) was surah al-Qalam (the Pen), and verse 4 reads:

"And most surely you conform to an exalted standard of character"

In this ayah, Allah confirm and boast of the impeccable character of His prophet. So, how is it possible for that Prophet to err and behave contrary to initial confirmation of His Lord regarding his sublime character? Prophet usually spoke gently and with a kind face even to his own enemies and was even more kind to the truth-seeking believers amidst any situation.

The fact is that Qur'an does NOT give any direct evidence that the person who frowned and turned away in anger was the prophet and does not states who is being addressed. {Translators are usually influenced by certain preconceptions hence some of them translate by inserting the name of the prophet in the bracket which is not found in the pure Arabic text}.

Allah did not address the prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) by title (e.g O prophet or O messenger etc) rather there exists switching in the pronoun from "He" in the first two verses to "you" in the later verses of the Surah.

Allah did not state: "YOU frowned and turned away". Rather, He states: "He frowned and turned away". This ("He frowned..." is a third person pronoun, and Allah never use such for the holy Prophet in the entire Quran because he was the recipient of the message.

# In Tafsir of sayyid Shubbar it is reported from al-Qummi that:

"The verse was revealed about certain Banu Ummayah's Chiefs who were with the holy prophet. Abdullah Ibn Umm Makhtoom, the blind poor man came to the messenger of Allah; the messenger welcome him (replied his greetings) and introduced him to these Ummayyads, one of them was irritated with this gesture, frowned and turned away saying: "poor and blinds are his followers".

This (the arrogant chief of the Ummayad) is the one being addressed and not the prophet of mercy. This explanations is the explanations given by the Aimmah (Imams) of the household of the holy Prophet.

# The question in verse 3: And what would make you know, but that, per chance, he might grow in purity. This question clearly indicates that the doubt "whether the blind man [Abdullah] would grow in knowledge if the Prophet talk to him" could only creep into the mind of a person whose faith was not fully strengthened. It could never come to the mind of a messenger of Allah who had been sent to preach the religion of Allah to one and all, irrespective of the listener's worldly position.

Verse 4 asserts that it is more likely that a poor man on account of his will to learn may grow in his spiritual development more than a wealthy chief who was proud of his possessions, referred to in verse 5, and it was he who frowned and turned away in anger (in verse 1).