9أَرَأَيتَ الَّذي يَنهىٰMir Ahmed AliHast1 thou seen the man who forbiddeth?Reference to Abul Jehl’s conduct see note on verse 6 and 7 above—‘The one who prayed’ is the reference to the Holy Prophet. Abu Jehl the inveterate enemy of the Holy Prophet and Islam, in the early days of the Holy Prophet’s ministry, used not only to tease the Holy Prophet but also to obstruct the others joining the faith or listening to the Islamic preaching’s and persecuted those who did not yield to his obstruction.