وقال مقاتل : نزلت في عبد الله بن أبي حلف للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بالله الذي لا إله إلا هو لا يتخلف عنه بعدها ، وطلب من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يرضى عنه ، فأنزل الله عز وجل هذه الآية ، ونزل :( يحلفون لكم لترضوا عنهم فإن ترضوا عنهم فإن الله لا يرضى عن القوم الفاسقين ) .
Those who stay behind will swear to you, O believers, so that you become pleased with them and accept their excuses. Do not become pleased with them. If you become pleased with them you would go against your Lord, because He will not be pleased with people who have left His obedience by disbelief and hypocrisy. So be careful, O Muslims, of becoming pleased with those whom Allah is not pleased with.