Tafsir of At-Tawbah 9:101

Surah At-Tawbah 9:101

ﱜ ﱝ ﱞ ﱟ ﱠ ﱡ ﱢ ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ ﱧ ﱨ ﱩ ﱪ ﱫ ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ ﱯ ﱰ ﱱ ﱲ ﱳ ﱴ

And among those around you of the bedouins are hypocrites, and [also] from the people of Madinah. They have become accustomed to hypocrisy. You, [O Muhammad], do not know them, [but] We know them. We will punish them twice [in this world]; then they will be returned to a great punishment.

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(And among those around you of the wandering Arabs there are hypocrites, and among the townspeople of Medina (there are some who) persist in hypocrisy…) [9:101]. Al-Kalbi said: “This verse was revealed about the tribes of Juhaynah, Muzaynah, Ashja‘, Aslam and Ghifar. As for the townspeople of al-Medina mentioned in the verse, this refers to ‘Abd Allah ibn Ubayy, Jadd ibn Qays, Mu‘attib ibn Qushayr, al-Julas ibn Suwayd and Abu ‘Amir al-Rahib”.