"And if the Confederates should come," he said: Abu Sufyan and his companions. "They would wish if they were desert dwellers among the Bedouins," he says: The hypocrites would wish. (1)

17631 - From Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And if the Confederates should come, they would wish if they were desert dwellers among the Bedouins," he says: The hypocrites would wish. (2)

17632 - From Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And if the Confederates should come, they would wish if they were desert dwellers among the Bedouins," he said: They are the hypocrites in the vicinity of Medina, who used to speak about the Prophet. (3)

His saying, the Exalted: "There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern"

17633 - From 'Ata' (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: "I have vowed to sacrifice myself." Ibn Abbas said: "There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern," and "We ransomed him with a great sacrifice," so he commanded him to offer a ram. (4)

[His saying, the Exalted: "And it did not increase them except in faith and submission"]

17634 - From al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And it did not increase them except in faith and submission," he said: "The trial did not increase them except in faith in the Lord and submission to the decree." (5)

17635 - From Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) he said: Allah revealed in Surah al-Baqarah, "Or do you think that you will enter Paradise?" (6)

His saying, the Exalted: "Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah"

17636 - From Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) he said: We see that this verse was revealed regarding Anas ibn al-Nadr (may Allah be pleased with him): "Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah." (7)

17637 - From Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) he said: My uncle, Anas ibn al-Nadr, was absent from the Battle of Badr and it distressed him. He said: "The first battle in which the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) participated, I was absent from. If Allah shows me a battle alongside the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) hereafter, Allah will certainly see what I will do." He then attended the day of Uhud, and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) met him and said: "O Abu 'Amr!"