الَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ {Those to whom hypocrites said}: Those people from the Jews, the polytheists, and from some of the hypocrites, said:

إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُواْ لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ“Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them.”}: They were trying to scare the Muslims by saying that Quraish gathered thousands to take revenge after the Battle of Uhud, but what was the reaction? The believer is not afraid of human machinations because humans can never do what is beyond Allah’s will:

فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَاناً {But it [merely] increased them in faith}: The increase of faith here is that they did not take into their account the enemy’s number and equipment, but rather made the Lord of people their protector by saying:

وَقَالُواْ حَسْبُنَا اللّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ{and they said, “Sufficient for us is Allah, and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs.”}: They entrusted Allah in defending them.