The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: 'That is up to Allah, He will do it if He wills'. One of them said: 'We will not believe in you until you bring Allah and the angels as warrants. 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Umayyah al-Makhzumi - the son of 'Atikah bint 'Abd al-Muttalib, the maternal aunt of the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace - said: 'I will never believe in you until you get a ladder and climb up to heaven while I am watching you, and bring an unfolded Scripture with you and a group of angels to testify about what you say'. The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, left to his family very sad for failing to get his people to follow him as well as for the antagonism they displayed toward him. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us…). Sa'id ibn Ahmad ibn Ja'far informed us> Abu 'Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Faqih> Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn al-Junayd> Ziyad ibn Ayyub> Hushaym> 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr> Sa'id ibn Jubayr who said: “I said to him [to 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr]: 'The words of Allah (And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us) was it revealed about 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Umayyah?' He said: 'This is what they claim' ”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou