I said to Ibn Abbas, "Surah at-Tawba?"He replied, "At-Tawba is the exposer. It kept being revealed, 'And among them... and among them...,' until they thought it would not leave any of them unmentioned."I said, "Surah al-Anfal?"He replied, "It was revealed concerning Badr."I said, "Surah al-Hashr?"He replied, "It was revealed concerning Banu an-Nadir."
قلت لابن عباس: سورة التوبة؟ قال: التوبة هي الفاضحة، ما زالت تنزل: ومنهم ومنهم، حتى ظنوا أنها لم تبق أحدا منهم إلا ذكر فيها. قال: قلت: سورة الأنفال؟ قال: نزلت في بدر. قال: قلت: سورة الحشر؟ قال: نزلت في بني النضير.
Bukhari transmitted it in the tafsir (4882), and Muslim in the tafsir (31:3031), both of them by way of Hushaym, who said, Abu Bishr (that is, Jafar bin Abu Wahshiya) told us, on the authority of Saeed bin Jubayr, who said, and then he related it.