At-Tawba • EN-ASBAB-AL-NUZUL-BY-AL-WAHIDI
﴿ وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مُنَٰفِقُونَ ۖ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ۖ مَرَدُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنِّفَاقِ لَا تَعْلَمُهُمْ ۖ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْ ۚ سَنُعَذِّبُهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴾
“But among the bedouin who dwell around you there are hypocrites; and among the people of the [Prophet's] City [too] there are such as have grown insolent in [their] hypocrisy. Thou dost not [always] know them, [O Muhammad - but] We know them. We shall cause them to suffer doubly [in this world]; and then they will be given over to awesome suffering [in the life to come].”
(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�.