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loves the steadfast. (3:146) fighting either you or their own people. If Allah
And (it is) so that He would know the hypocrites. had willed, He could have given them the upper
They were told, ‘Come and fight in the Way of hand over you and then they would have fought
Allah or at least help defend us.’ They said, ‘If we you. If they keep away from you and do not fight
knew how to fight, we would certainly follow you.’ you and submit to you, Allah has not given you
They were closer to disbelief that day than to faith, any way against such people. (4:89-90)
saying with their mouths what was not in their They said, ‘We will never enter it, Musa, as long
hearts. And Allah knows best what they are hiding. as they are there. So you and your Lord go and
(3:167) fight. We will stay sitting here.’ (5:24)
You who believe! Take all necessary precautions, Anyone who turns his back on them that day, un-
then go out to fight in separate groups or go out as less he is withdrawing to rejoin the fight or with-
one body. (4:71) drawing to support another group, brings Allah’s
So let those who sell the life of this world for the anger down upon himself. His refuge is Hell.
hereafter fight in the Way of Allah. If someone What an evil destination! (8:16)
fights in the Way of Allah, whether he is killed or is Fight them until there is no more discord and the
victorious, We will pay him an immense reward. religion is Allah’s alone. If they stop, Allah sees
(4:74) what they do. (8:39)
What reason could you have for not fighting in O Prophet! Spur on the believers to fight. If there
the Way of Allah–for those men, women and are twenty of you who are steadfast, they will
children who are oppressed and say, ‘Our Lord, overcome two hundred; and if there are a hun-
take us out of this city whose inhabitants are dred of you, they will overcome a thousand of
wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give those who disbelieve, because they are people
us a helper from You!’? (4:75) who do not understand. (8:65)
Those who believe fight in the Way of Allah. Will you not fight a people who have broken
Those who disbelieve fight in the way of false their oaths and resolved to expel the Messenger,
gods. So fight the friends of Satan! Satan’s schem- and who initiated hostilities against you in the
ing is always feeble. (4:76) first place? Is it them you fear? Allah has more
Do you not see those who were told: ‘Hold back right to your fear if you are believers. (9:13)
from fighting but perform prayer and give the Fight them! Allah will punish them at your
alms’? Then when fighting is prescribed for them, hands, and disgrace them and help you against
a group of them fear people as Allah should be them, and heal the hearts of those who believe.
feared, or even more than that. They say, ‘Our (9:14)
Lord, why have you prescribed fighting for us? If Fight those of the people who were given the
only You would give us just a little more time!’ Book who do not believe in Allah and the Last
Say, ‘The enjoyment of this world is very brief. Day and who do not make forbidden what Allah
The hereafter is better for those who guard and His Messenger have made forbidden and do
against evil. You will not be wronged by so much not take as their religion the religion of Truth,
as the smallest speck.’ (4:77) until they pay the poll tax with their own hands
So fight in the way of Allah–you are only answer- in a state of complete abasement. (9:29)
able for yourself–and spur on the believers. It There have been twelve months with Allah in the
may well be that Allah will curb the force of Book of Allah, from the day He first created the
those who disbelieve. Allah has greater force and heavens and earth. Four of them are forbidden.
greater power to punish. (4:84) That is the True Religion. So do not wrong one
... Do not take any of them as either a friend or another during them. However, fight the idol-
helper–except for those who seek shelter with aters totally just as they fight you totally, and
people with whom you have a treaty, or who know that Allah is with those who guard against
come to you greatly perturbed at the prospect of evil. (9:36)
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