Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for the Battle of Uhud, some of those who were with him turned back (these were the hypocrites). Then some people said, "Let us go and kill them," while another group said, "We should not kill them." Upon this, the following verse was revealed: "What is [the matter] with you [that] you are two groups concerning the hypocrites, while Allah has made them fall back [into error] for what they earned? Do you wish to guide those whom Allah has sent astray? And he whom Allah sends astray - never will you find for him a way." (An-Nisa: 88)