The idolaters and hypocrites tried to trick the prophet:
Abu Sufian and some other tribesmen of Quraish came to the Medina city, with the leave of God's apostle Mohammed, so they came to Prophet Mohammed together with some hypocrites from the city of Medina like Abdullah son of Ubay; and they said:
Mohammed, leave us to our idols and we leave you to your God.
Mohammed, leave us to our idols and we leave you to your God.
(O prophet, [be steadfast to] ward off [the punishment of] God, and obey not the unbelievers and the hypocrites
[but tell them that the idols are useless and should be abandoned and broken up];
surely God is All-Knowing [about their intentions before their coming to you], Most Wise.
But follow what is revealed to you from your Lord [to break up the idols]; surely God is Most Aware of that you [all] do.
And put [O prophet] your trust in God [to accomplish your task]; and enough is God as a guardian [over you.]
God did not make to any man two hearts within his body
[so that you assign one heart to the idols and the other to God; but He made for you one heart that you should fill it with God's love.])
[so that you assign one heart to the idols and the other to God; but He made for you one heart that you should fill it with God's love.])
The above between brackets is the interpretation by the late Mohammed-Ali Hassan of the Quran 33: 1-4 ; these ayat were revealed forbidding him from listening and obeying the words of those idolaters and hypocrites:
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَلَا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا .وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا . وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا . مَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِّن قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ
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