(Of mankind is he who saith: We believe in Allah…) [29:10]. Said Mujahid: “This verse was revealed about some people who declared faith with their tongues. However, when Allah tested them with trials or calamities regarding their own persons, they succumbed”. Said al-Dahhak: “This verse was revealed about some Meccan hypocrites who displayed faith but showed their belief in idolatry whenever they were harmed”. ‘Ikrimah also reported that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “This verse was revealed about the believers who were expelled to Badr by the idolaters and so they renounced their faith. It is about these people that the verse (Lo! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they wrong themselves…) [4:97] was revealed”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou
