Only verse 8:64 has a report. Al-Wahidi reports from Ibn Abbas that thirty-nine men had accepted Islam with the Prophet. Then Umar became Muslim, making them forty, and Gabriel brought down this verse. Al-Fahl grades the report fabricated, because one of its narrators, Ishaq ibn Bishr, was a liar.

Al-Wahidi reports that these verses came down about the captives taken at Badr. The Prophet asked his Companions what to do with them. Abu Bakr advised taking ransom, because the captives were their own kin. Umar advised executing them. The Prophet accepted ransom, and these verses followed. Mujahid and Ibn Umar give this account. A report from Abdullah ibn Masud adds that Abdullah ibn Rawahah proposed burning the captives, and al-Fahl grades its chain weak because it is broken. In a report from Umar through Ibn Abbas, which Muslim also records, Umar found the Prophet and Abu Bakr weeping the next day. The Prophet said the punishment that would have fallen on them for taking ransom had been shown to him.

Verse 8:70 came down, al-Kalbi says, about al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Aqil ibn Abi Talib and Nawfal ibn al-Harith. Al-Abbas was captured at Badr carrying twenty ounces of gold. The Prophet took the gold and would not count it toward his ransom, and he also made al-Abbas pay Aqil's ransom. When al-Abbas protested, the Prophet told him about gold he had secretly left with Umm al-Fadl, so al-Abbas accepted Islam. He later said Allah gave him better than what was taken: twenty slaves, each trading with much wealth. He said he hoped for forgiveness. Al-Wahidi gives no report for verse 8:71.

Verse 9:12 is the only verse in this passage with an entry. Al-Wahidi reports from Ibn Abbas that it came down about Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, al-Harith ibn Hisham, Suhayl ibn Amr, Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl and the other leaders of Quraysh. They had broken the treaty and were the ones who planned to drive the Prophet out. Al-Wahidi gives this report without a chain, and al-Fahl gives no grade for it.

Verse 9:17, the exegetes say, answered al-Abbas: captured at Badr and rebuked by the Muslims and Ali for his disbelief, he boasted that his people tended the Sacred Mosque, served the Kaaba, watered pilgrims and freed captives. For 9:19, al-Nu'man ibn Bashir reports (a narration also in Muslim's Sahih) that men at the Prophet's pulpit disputed whether watering pilgrims, tending the Sacred Mosque or jihad was best; Umar asked the Prophet, and the verse came down. Ibn Abbas ties it to al-Abbas's boast at Badr; al-Hasan, al-Sha'bi and al-Qurazi to a boasting contest between Ali, al-Abbas and Talhah ibn Shaybah; Ibn Sirin and Murrah to al-Abbas refusing Ali's call to emigrate, with 9:20 revealed too.

Verses 9:23-24 are covered. Al-Kalbi says that when the Prophet was ordered to emigrate to Medina, men told their fathers, brothers and wives that they had been commanded to emigrate. Some hurried to go. Others were held back by wives and children who begged not to be left with nothing, so they softened, stayed and gave up the emigration. Verse 9:23 then came down to rebuke them. Verse 9:24 came down about those who stayed behind in Mecca and did not emigrate. Al-Kalbi says the 'command' they are told to wait for means the fighting and the conquest of Mecca. Al-Fahl notes that similar reports come from Ibn Abbas, Mujahid and Muqatil, but he gives no grade.

Al-Wahidi says the first part of verse 9:34 came down about the scholars and Quran-readers of the People of the Book, who took bribes from their common people. On the verse's words about hoarding gold and silver, he reports from Abu Dharr that Muawiyah held it was about the People of the Book, while Abu Dharr said it was about Muslims too. Al-Bukhari also records this report. Their dispute led Uthman to summon Abu Dharr to Madinah, and Abu Dharr later withdrew to al-Rabadhah. Commentators differ: al-Suddi applies the verse to Muslims, al-Dahhak to both groups, and Ibn Abbas to believers. A report from Thawban says that when the verse came down, the Prophet said, 'Perish gold and silver.' Al-Fahl grades its chain weak because a link is missing.

Al-Wahidi says verse 9:38 came down to urge the Tabuk campaign against the Byzantines. After Taif and Hunayn, the Prophet called people to march in a time of hardship, drought and heat, just as the fruit ripened, and they were reluctant to leave. On 9:41, Anas reports that Abu Talhah heard it, said Allah excused no one, and fought in Syria until he died; al-Fahl calls a narrator weak. Al-Suddi says 9:41 came down about al-Miqdad, a heavy man who asked to be excused. Al-Suddi adds that it was later eased by 9:91, and that 9:42 concerned the hypocrites who stayed behind from Tabuk with Abd Allah ibn Ubayy.

Al-Wahidi reports, without naming an authority, that verse 9:49 came down about al-Jadd ibn Qays, a hypocrite. As the Prophet prepared for the Tabuk campaign, he invited al-Jadd to fight the Byzantines. Al-Jadd asked to stay behind because he feared he could not resist their women, and he offered his wealth instead. The Prophet turned away from him and gave him permission. Al-Fahl notes that a similar report from Ibn Abbas has a weak transmitter in its chain. Al-Wahidi adds that the verses after this, up to 9:60, are all about the hypocrites.

Verse 9:58 came down about a man who accused the Prophet of unfairness in sharing out wealth. Al-Wahidi reports from Abu Said al-Khudri that the Prophet was distributing a share when Ibn Dhi al-Khuwaysirah al-Tamimi (Hurqus ibn Zuhayr, called the root of the Kharijites) came and said, "Be just, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet replied, "Woe to you, who will be just if I am not?" Then the verse was revealed; al-Bukhari also records this report. Al-Kalbi says instead that it came down about the hypocrites whose hearts were being won over, one of whom, Abu al-Khawasir, told the Prophet he had not divided equally.

Al-Wahidi says verses 9:61-62 came down about a group of hypocrites who spoke badly of the Prophet. One of them, al-Julas ibn Suwayd, said they could say what they liked and then swear to the Prophet, and he would believe them, since he was "all ears." Ibn Ishaq names a different hypocrite, Nabtal ibn al-Harith, who carried the Prophet's words to the hypocrites and said the same thing. Al-Suddi says the hypocrites, among them al-Julas and Wadi'ah ibn Thabit, insulted the Prophet in front of a young Ansari, Amir ibn Qays, who reported them. They then swore that Amir was lying, and verses 61 and 62 came down about them.

Verse 9:64: al-Suddi says a hypocrite wished he could take a hundred lashes rather than have a revelation expose them. Mujahid says they spoke privately and hoped Allah would not reveal their secret. Verse 9:65: Qatadah says that on the Tabuk expedition, hypocrites mocked the Prophet's hope of taking Syria's castles. When he confronted them, they said they were only joking. Zayd ibn Aslam and Muhammad ibn Ka'b say a hypocrite called the Prophet's Companions greedy, lying cowards. Awf ibn Malik went to report him, but the Quran came first. A report from Ibn Umar names Abdullah ibn Ubayy as the man. Al-Fahl grades its chain weak and calls the naming wrong, since Ibn Ubayy was not at Tabuk.

Al-Wahidi gives two reports for verse 9:74. Al-Dahhak says that hypocrites on the Tabuk campaign insulted the Prophet and his Companions in private. Hudhayfah reported it, and when the Prophet confronted them they swore they had said nothing, so the verse came down to show them lying. Qatadah instead links it to a fight between a man from Juhaynah and a man from Ghifar, after which Abdullah ibn Ubayy said that the mightier would drive the humbler out of Medina and then swore he never said it. Al-Dahhak also says that "they plotted what they could not carry out" refers to masked men who planned to push the Prophet off his mount at night on a mountain pass, until Hudhayfah drove them off.

Al-Wahidi reports from Abu Umamah that verses 9:75-77 came down about Thalabah ibn Hatib. Thalabah asked the Prophet to pray that he become rich and promised to give every due. When his flocks grew, he stopped attending prayers and turned away the charity collectors, calling the charity 'the sister of the jizyah'. Al-Fahl grades this story fabricated. Ibn Masud reports, in a narration also recorded by al-Bukhari, that verse 9:79 came down when hypocrites called a man who gave a large donation a show-off and mocked another for giving one measure. Qatadah and others name Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Asim ibn Adi and Abu Aqil.

Verse 9:84 came down about the funeral of the hypocrite Abd Allah ibn Ubayy. Al-Wahidi reports from Ibn Umar, in a version also found in al-Bukhari and Muslim, that Abd Allah's son asked the Prophet for his shirt to shroud his father in and asked him to pray over him. Umar objected, but the Prophet said he had been given a choice and prayed. Then this verse came down, and after it he stopped praying over hypocrites. Ibn Abbas reports the same from Umar himself, adding that the Prophet stood at the grave. The commentators add that the Prophet hoped a thousand of Abd Allah's people would accept Islam because of this; al-Fahl notes this comes from Qatadah as a mursal report.

Verse 9:92 came down about "the weepers". Al-Wahidi says there were seven of them: Ma'qil ibn Yasar, Sakhr ibn Khunays, Abdullah ibn Ka'b al-Ansari, Ulbah ibn Zayd al-Ansari, Salim ibn Umayr, Tha'labah ibn Ghanamah and Abdullah ibn Mughaffal. They came to the Prophet and said Allah had called them to march out with him. They asked him for mounts so they could fight alongside him. He said, "I can find no mounts for you," and they turned away weeping. Mujahid says instead that it came down about the sons of Muqarrin: Ma'qil, Suwayd and al-Nu'man.