And among those who abuse the Prophet and they are saying: "He is a hearer". You say: "He being a hearer is better for you, he believes with Lord Allah and with the believers, and he is a mercy for those who believed among you"; and those who abuse the Messenger of Allah, for them has a painful punishment.
During Messenger’s period at Medina, a codified form of Book was not there. In all periods, hypocrites and their Mushrik followers are abusing Messengers and Prophets. It is because Messengers brought the Truth which they were strayed from. The believers will hear Messenger’s words and will follow It as explained in verses 2: 44 and 3: 190-191. The Messenger was dealing gently with hypocrites during early periods in Medina as explained in verse 3: 159. In later periods at Medina, Messenger and believers were commanded not to seek forgiveness for the hypocrites and Mushriks as well as not to perform funeral prayers for them as told in verses 9: 84 and 113. Not only that, Prophet and believer are also commanded to do Jihad against them as told in verse 9: 73.
Since, Adhikr—the Best Interpretation of Lord’s Book—which explains everything is formed as a Book today, whoever holdfasts It, he is guided into the Straightpath—the only Path of Messengers, Prophets, truthful, witnesses and the righteous as explained in verses 4: 68-70. All Arabic Qur’an reading Fujjar are following 29 pseudo-prophets and are serving Satan as explained in verse 4: 59. They boast to mankind that they are the followers of Messengers and Prophets, but they are ridiculing and abusing them as explained in verses 3: 21-22. See explanations 2: 18; 4: 105, 115 and 6: 52.