Some of the Commentators believe that this verse was revealed about those who came from ABYSSINIA (ETHIOPIA) in accompany to JAAFAR, the prophet's cousin. They were forty men among whom 32 were ABYSSINIANS, and the other eight were Christians monks and priests of SYRIA. One of the monks, it is said, was BOHAIRA, the famous monk, who had visited the prophet in his childhood. Some other commentators say that the verse was revealed about some famous Jewish Rabbis, like ABDULLAH-IBN-SALAM, TAMAM-IBN-YAHUDA and SAEED-IBN-OMAR who recognized the prophet and accepted Islam and became truthful Muslims.