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And, among them, those who have chosen a mosque - these were twelve men from among the hypocrites - by way of harm, to cause distress for those of the mosque of Qubā', and disbelief, since they built it on the orders of the monk Abū 'āmir, as a sanctuary for him, so that whoever comes from his side may stay there: he had gone to the Byzantine Emperor (qaysar) to bring troops to fight against the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" , and to cause division among the believers, who pray in the mosque of Qubā', by having some of these pray in their [the hypocrites'] mosque,¹⁷ and as an outpost, an observation post, for those who waged war against Allahu ta’ālā and His Messenger (rasūl) before, that is, before it was built - meaning the above-mentioned Abū 'āmir - they will swear: 'We desired nothing, by building it, but, to do, good', by way of kindness towards the poor in times of [heavy] rain or [extreme] heat and in order to provide [a place of worship] for the Muslims; and Allahu ta’ālā bears witness that they are truly liars, in this [claim of theirs]. They had asked the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" to perform prayers in it, and so the following was revealed: