(… And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire) [2:119].
Said Ibn ‘Abbas: “One day, the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: ‘Would that I knew what became of my parents!’ And this verse was revealed as an answer”. This however applies only in the case when the verb in the above verse is read in the apocopate form.
And Muqatil said: “The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: ‘The Jews would have believed if Allah had sent His harm upon them’. Allah, exalted is He, revealed in response (And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire)”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou