Abu Jahl, Amr ibn Hisham, known among the Quraysh as Abu al-Hakam, was a leader of Banu Makhzum and the fiercest enemy of Islam in Makkah, whom the Prophet ﷺ called the Pharaoh of this ummah. He persecuted and tortured the early Muslims, led the Quraysh's boycott and plots against the Prophet ﷺ, and drove the army to fight at Badr in 2 AH. There he was struck down by two young Ansar, Mu'adh ibn Amr ibn al-Jumuh and Muawwidh ibn Afra', and finished off by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud RA. His son Ikrimah RA later became a Muslim.
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فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
“If you were to reject them, you would be from the wrongdoers.”
This ayah (Q6:52) rebukes Abu Jahl's demand that the Prophet ﷺ expel poor believers like Ammar, Suhayb, and Bilal RA in order to keep negotiating with the Quraysh nobility.
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ
“Have you seen the man who prevents”
Traditionally understood to admonish Abu Jahal for trying to prevent the Prophet ﷺ from praying.
إِن تَسْتَفْتِحُوا فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الْفَتْحُ ۖ وَإِن تَنتَهُوا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ ۖ وَإِن تَعُودُوا نَعُدْ وَلَن تُغْنِيَ عَنكُمْ فِئَتُكُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَوْ كَثُرَتْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
“If you [pagans of Makkah] sought judgment, now it has come to you. And if you cease, it will be for your own good. But if you persist, We will persist. And your forces —no matter how numerous they might be— will not benefit you whatsoever. For Allah is certainly with the believers.”
References Abu Jahal's du'a at the Ka'bah asking Allah to help whichever side had broken more from the traditions of the fathers.