(Those unto whom We have given the Scripture, who read it with the right reading…) [2:121].
Said Ibn ‘Abbas, according to the report of ‘Ata’ and al-Kalbi: “This was revealed about those who came by ship from Abyssinia with Ja‘far ibn Abi Talib. They were forty men from Abyssinia and Syria”.
And al-Dahhak said: “This was revealed about those Jews who believed”, while Qatadah and ‘Ikrima said: “This was revealed about the Companions of Muhammad, Allah bless him and give him peace”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou