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And if two parties of believers (in tā'ifatāni mina'l-mu'minīna... [to the end of] the verse, was revealed regarding a particular incident where the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" was riding a donkey and happened to pass by Ibn Ubayy; the donkey urinated and so Ibn Ubayy held his nose, whereupon ['Abd Allāh] Ibn Rawāhā said, 'By Allahu ta’ālā, the smell of the donkey's urine is sweeter-smelling than your musk. Fighting then ensued between the two clans with fists, sandals and palm branches [being thrown about]) fall to fighting (iqtatalū: the plural is used on account of the [plural] import, for each party is made up of several individuals; a variant reading has [the dual form] iqtatalatā), make peace between them (baynahumā: the dual here takes into account the actual [dual] form [of tā'ifatān, 'two parties']). And if one of them aggresses against the other, fight the one which aggresses until it returns to Allah’s ordinance, [to] the truth. Then, if it returns, reconcile them, fairly, and act justly. Surely Allahu ta’ālā loves the just.