Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when tranquility (sakinah) descended upon him, and his thigh fell upon my thigh. I never felt anything heavier than the thigh of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then, when the tranquility ended, he said: "Write." So I wrote this verse on a shoulder blade: "Those of the believers who sit (at home), except those who are disabled, are not equal to those who strive in the way of Allah" [to the end of the verse] . Then Ibn Umm Maktum, who was blind, stood up, and when he heard the virtue of the Mujahideen, he said: "O Messenger of Allah! What about those believers who do not have the strength for jihad?" Sayyiduna Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When Ibn Umm Maktum finished his words, tranquility descended again upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and his thigh again fell upon my thigh. I felt the same weight as the first time. Then, when it ended, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Zaid! Recite." So I recited: "Those of the believers who sit (at home)..." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except those who are disabled," the whole verse. Sayyiduna Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says: This phrase was revealed separately by Allah, so I joined it. And by Him in Whose hand is my soul, it is as if I am seeing the joining of it in the gap of the place where I wrote it on the shoulder blade.

Abdullah bin Shaddad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When this verse was revealed: ﴿Those believers who sit (at home) are not equal...﴾, Ibn Umm Maktum stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, you see in what condition I am, meaning that I am blind. So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: ﴿Except those who are disabled﴾.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw Ibn Umm Maktum in some of the battles of the Muslims, and in his hand was the flag of the Muslims.

Sufyan, may Allah have mercy on him, used to say:“He will find in the earth many places of refuge and abundance”(__QUR_N__), meaning he will find ample space and a place for migration in the land, that is, mutazahzihan, meaning a place to move away, an opportunity to leave.

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man from the tribe of Khuza'ah became ill in Makkah, and he was either Dumrah bin Al-Ays or Al-Ays bin Dumrah bin Zanba'. So he instructed his family, and they spread a bed for him, laid him on it, and set out with him towards Madinah. When they reached the place of Taneem, he passed away. Then this verse was revealed: "And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him, his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah."

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyash al-Zurqi رضي الله عنه said: We were with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم at the place of Usfan, and on the side of the polytheists was Khalid bin Walid. We performed the Zuhr prayer, so the polytheists said: We had an opportunity to attack them while they were heedless; if only we had attacked them when they were engaged in prayer. Then, between Zuhr and Asr, the verse of shortening (qasr) was revealed. When the time for Asr came, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم stood facing the qiblah and the polytheists were in front of him. A row formed behind him, and another row behind that. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم bowed (ruku‘) and all bowed, then he prostrated and the row closest to him prostrated, while the row behind them guarded them. When the first row had completed two prostrations and stood up, the row behind them prostrated. Then the first row moved to the back and the second row came forward to their place. Then the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم bowed and all bowed, then he prostrated and the row closest to him prostrated, while the row behind guarded them. When the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and that row sat, the row behind them prostrated. Then all sat and the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم gave salam to everyone. Abu Ayyash رضي الله عنه said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم performed this prayer at Usfan and on the day of Banu Sulaym.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There are two such verses in the Qur’an that if a servant commits a sin, then recites these verses and seeks forgiveness from Allah, Allah forgives him. The people asked him which verses they were, but he did not tell them. So Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) and Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him), one said to the other: Let us search for them ourselves. So both of them went home, picked up the Mushaf, and looked in Surah Al-Baqarah but did not find them there. Then, searching in Surah An-Nisa, they reached this verse: __QUR_N__“And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful.”__QUR_N__ So they said: This is one verse. Then they continued looking in Surah Aal-e-Imran until they reached this verse: __QUR_N__“And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves, remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins—and who can forgive sins except Allah?—and do not persist in what they have done while they know.”__QUR_N__ So they said: This is the second. Then they closed the Mushaf and went to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: Are these the two verses? He replied: Yes.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Every tribe of the Arabs had an idol which they used to worship, and they would call it "the daughter of such-and-such tribe." So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "They invoke nothing but female deities besides Him, and they invoke nothing but a rebellious Satan."

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The meaning of Allah the Exalted’s statement ﴿فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ﴾ is: Allah’s religion.

Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The verse ﴿فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ﴾ refers to castration.