A group of them said, "O people of Yathrib, you cannot make a stand; therefore, retreat." A small party of them sought permission from the prophet, saying: "Our homes are exposed," while they were not exposed. They just wanted to flee.
Translation endnotes
[33:13] Yathrib was the name of the city that Muhammed and his supporters immigrated to and there they established a constitutional federal system accommodating a multi-religious and multi-racial diverse population. But now we cannot find the name of Yathrib on the map. The followers of hadith and sunna changed the name of the city after Muhammed just as they changed many other things. Since hadith is the product of later generations who started calling Yathrib with the word Medina (City), Muslims abandoned the original name, the name that is mentioned in the Quran and was used by Muhammed and his companions. This is one of the many evidences that prove our assertion that "Muslims" have deserted the Quran and are following hearsay as their guide (25:30).