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(Has he not been informed) that He created the Corruption is worse than killing. Do not fight
two sexes–male and female? (53:45) them in the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram)
We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. until they fight you there. But if they do fight you,
Just keep a watchful eye on them and be stead- then kill them. That is how the disbelievers
fast. (54:27) should be repaid. (2:191)
Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm, then a Fight them until there is no more discord and the
blood-clot which He created and shaped, mak- religion belongs to Allah alone. If they cease,
ing from it both sexes, male and female? (75:37- there should be no enmity towards any but
39) wrongdoers. (2:193)
And (I swear by) the creation of male and female. Fighting is prescribed for you even if it is hateful
(92:3) to you. It may be that you hate something when it
is good for you and it may be that you love some-
FIERCE WIND thing when it is bad for you. Allah knows and
Would any of you like to have a garden of dates you do not know. (2:216)
and grapes, with rivers flowing underneath and They will ask you about the Sacred Month and
containing all kinds of fruits, then to be stricken fighting in it. Say, ‘Fighting in it is a serious mat-
with old age and have children who are weak, ter; but barring access to the Way of Allah and re-
and then for a fierce whirlwind containing fire to jecting Him and barring access to the Sacred
come and strike it so that it goes up in flames? In Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) and expelling its peo-
this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so ple from it are far more serious in the sight of Allah.
that hopefully you will reflect. (2:266) Discord is worse than killing.’ They will not stop
Do you feel secure against Him causing the fighting you until they make you revert from your
shore to swallow you up or sending against you a religion, if they are able. As for any of you who re-
sudden squall of stones? Then you will find no vert from their religion and die disbelievers, their
one to be your guardian. (17:68) actions will come to nothing in this world and the
So We sent a howling wind against them on dis- hereafter. They are the Companions of the Fire, re-
astrous ill-fated days to make them taste the pun- maining in it timelessly, for ever. (2:217)
ishment of degradation in this world. And the Fight in the Way of Allah. Know that Allah is All-
punishment of the hereafter is even more degrad- Hearing, All-Knowing. (2:244)
ing. And they will not be helped. (41:16) What do you think about the council of the tribe of
We unleashed a howling wind against them on a Israel after Musa’s time when they said to one of
day of unremitting horror. (54:19) their Prophets, ‘Give us a king and we will fight in
We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against the Way of Allah!’? He said, ‘Is it not possible that if
all of them, except the family of Lut, who We res- fighting were prescribed for you, you would not
cued before dawn. (54:34) fight?’ They said, ‘How could we not fight in the
‘Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind. way of Allah when we have been driven from our
(69:6) homes and children?’ But then when fighting was
prescribed for them, they turned their backs–ex-
FIG cept for a few of them. Allah knows the wrongdo-
(I swear) by the fig and the olive. (95:1) ers. (2:246)
They will not harm you except with abusive words.
FIGHTING If they fight you, they will turn their backs on you.
Fight in the Way of Allah against those who fight Then they will not be helped. (3:111)
you, but do not go beyond the limits. Allah does Many a Prophet has been fought, when there were
not love those who go beyond the limits. (2:190) many thousands with him! They did not give up in
Kill them wherever you come across them and the face of what assailed them in the Way of Allah,
expel them from where they expelled you. nor did they weaken, nor did they yield. Allah
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