The Holy Qur’an describes this situation thus...

The Holy Qur’an describes this situation thus: “When those people were on you from the top and from the bottom and when your eyes became stony and the hearts stretched and came to your throats and when you started having several doubts about Allah, then came the time for the trial of the Muslims and they were shaken severely.” At this time, it was natural that the Muslims were worried and confused.

When the enemy was on their doorstep in hordes and within the city Banū-Qurayzah too were waiting in ambush. Then there were a sizeable number of hypocrites in the ranks of the Muslims as well who were themselves scared for their lives and were creating panic in others as well. Therefore, they started making excuses and pulling away from the line of action and even told the Prophet (a.s)…