Again the argument in this verse and the next two verses, run over the conversion of ABDULLAH-IBN-SALÄM an important Israelite and his companions. His renouncement in favour of Islam kicked up a lot of fuss and nervous excitements among the Jews. They spread among people; that had they been fair and honest people, they would have not renounced their forefather's religion, betraying his own people, in order to join that of the illiterate Arabs.