Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Fath, Ayah 12
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Nay bal in both instances marks a transition from one subject to another but you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families and that thought was adorned in your hearts that is to say you thought that they would be annihilated by being slain and would not return and you thought evil thoughts that just mentioned and other things and you were a ruined lot’ būr is the plural of bā’ir in other words a lot to be destroyed according to God for having entertained such evil thoughts.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Nay, but ye deemed) O hypocrites (that the messenger and the believers would never return to their own folk) from al-Hudaybiyyah to Medina, (and that was made fair-seeming in your hearts) and you were so convinced of this that you stayed behind, (and ye did think an evil thought) and you thought that Allah will not help His Prophet, (and ye were worthless folk) and you were ruined folk, with unsound and hardened hearts.