[Pooya/Ali Commentary 47:30] Aqa Mahdi Puya says: This verse refers to those hypocrites who remained under cover. Abu Said Khudri says that in the time of the Holy Prophet the believers used to recognise such hypocrites by the tone of their speech. Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari and Obadah ibn Thamit say: "We used to test our children with the love they had for Ali." The Holy Prophet said: "O Ali, loves you not but a believer; and hates you not but a hypocrite." Ahmad ibn Hanbal says that from verse 22 onwards the reference is to Bani Umayyah. In my opinion the tribe of Umayyah is included, but it cannot be confined to them, excluding other hypocrites from among the Quraysh who hated and actively opposed Ali on the pretext that risalat and imamat should not be given to the two sons of Bani Hashim. Reproduced below is a conversation between Ibn Abbas and Umar bin Khattab, recorded by Ibn Athir in his Tarikh al Kamil. Allama Mutazili has also recorded it in his Sharh al Nahj al Balagha, vol. 3, p. 107. Umar said: "O Ibn Abbas, do you know what made the ummah deprive you (Bani Hashim) of the khilafat after Muhammad?" "The ummah," he continued, "did not want to see both the prophethood and the caliphate resting with you (Bani Hashim) for fear that you might injure the interests of the nation and trample her at your will. The Quraysh, therefore, chose the caliphate for themselves. They made a right decision and were successful in getting it." Ibn Abbas said: "Regarding your remarks that the Quraysh chose the caliphate for themselves, that they were right and were successful in obtaining it, I have to observe that the Quraysh would have been right and none would have questioned their claim to the caliphate or been jealous of them only if they had chosen it for themselves in accordance with the will of Allah. As to the remark that the Quraysh did not want to see both the prophethood and the caliphate resting with us (Bani Hashim), I remind you of the words of Allah, who described a nation that disliked Allah's choice: 'This is because they disliked what Allah caused to descend and so Allah destroyed all their deeds (Muhammad: 9)." Umar said: "Woe to you, Ibn Abbas, you have been reported to have said that we deprived you (Bani Hashim) of the caliphate through jealousy, injustice and oppression." Ibn Abbas said: "As to injustice and oppression, all educated and uneducated persons know it to be so. As to jealousy, there is no wonder if you, as children of Adam, are jealous of us who are (also) his children." Umar said: "By Allah, you (Bani Hashim) have always been jealous." Ibn Abbas said: "You should not attribute the impurity of jealousy to the hearts of that group of persons from whom Allah has kept away all sorts of impurities and uncleanliness and purified them with a thorough purification."