[Machine] A man does not escape from ten, nor do a group escape from their equal number. So, it was difficult for these people and it was hard on them. Then the verse was revealed, "Now Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred." So, they were commanded that no man should run away from two men, nor should a group run away from its equal number. Ibn Abbas said, "So, the patience decreased in proportion to the decrease in their numbers. This is the wording of the Hadith of Affan, and in the narration of Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak, it was difficult for the Muslims when it was prescribed that not even one man should flee from ten. Then the relief came, and Allah said, "Now Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you" [Surah Al-Anfal 66]. So, when Allah lightened the number for them, the patience decreased in proportion to what was decreased from them.  

لَا يَفِرَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ وَلَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ عَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهِمْ فَجَهَدَ ذَلِكَ النَّاسَ وَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَنَزَلَتْ {الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْكُمْ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ فِيكُمْ ضَعْفًا فَإِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِ} قَالَ فَأُمِرُوا أَنْ لَا يَفِرَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ وَلَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ مِثْلَيْهِمْ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَنَقَصَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ بِقَدْرِ مَا خَفَّفَ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ عَفَّانَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ حِينَ فُرِضَ أَنْ لَا يَفِرَّ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ فَجَاءَ التَّخْفِيفُ فَقَالَ {الْآنَ خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْكُمْ} [الأنفال 66] الآية فَلَمَّا خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ نَقَصَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ بِقَدْرِ مَا خَفَّفَ عَنْهُمْ