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Then you are the people who are killing one an- ship and wisdom and taught him whatever He
other and expelling a group among you from willed. If it were not for Allah’s driving some peo-
their homes, ganging up against them in wrong- ple back by means of others, the earth would
doing and enmity. Yet if they are brought to you have been corrupted. But Allah shows favour to
as captives, you ransom them, when it was for- all the worlds. (2:251)
bidden for you to expel them in the first place! As for those who reject Allah’s Signs, and kill the
Do you, then, believe in one part of the Book and Prophets without any right to do so, and kill
reject the other? What repayment will there be those who command justice, give them news of a
for any of you who do that except disgrace in this painful punishment. (3:21)
world? And on the Day of Rising, they will be re- They will be plunged into abasement wherever
turned to the harshest of punishments. Allah is they are found, unless they have a treaty with
not unaware of what you do. (2:85) Allah and with the people. They have brought
We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of down anger from Allah upon themselves, and
Messengers after him. We gave ‘Isa, son of they have been plunged into destitution. That
Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him with was because they rejected Allah’s Signs and
the Purest Spirit. Why then, whenever a Messenger killed the Prophets without any right to do so.
came to you with something your lower selves did That was because they disobeyed and went be-
not desire, did you grow arrogant, and deny some yond the limits. (3:112)
of them and murder others? (2:87) Then He sent down to you, after the distress, se-
When they are told, ‘Believe in what Allah has curity, restful sleep overtaking a group of you,
sent down,’ they say, ‘Our faith is in what was whereas another group became prey to anxious
sent down to us,’ and they reject anything be- thoughts, thinking other than the truth about
yond that, even though it is the truth, confirming Allah–thoughts belonging to the Time of
what they have. Say, ‘Why then, if you are be- Ignorance– saying, ‘Do we have any say in the
lievers, did you previously kill the Prophets of affair at all?’ Say, ‘The affair belongs entirely to
Allah?’ (2:91) Allah.’ They are concealing things inside them-
Do not say that those who are killed in the Way selves which they do not disclose to you, saying,
of Allah are dead. On the contrary, they are alive ‘If we had only had a say in the affair, none of us
but you are not aware of it. (2:154) would have been killed here in this place.’ Say,
You who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for ‘Even if you had been inside your homes, those
you in the case of people killed: free man for free people for whom killing was decreed would
man, slave for slave, female for female. But if have gone out to their place of death.’ So that
someone is absolved by his brother, blood- Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge
money should be claimed with correctness and what is in your hearts. Allah knows the contents
paid with good will. That is an easement and a of your hearts. (3:154)
mercy from your Lord. Anyone who goes beyond They are those who said of their brothers, when
the limits after this will receive a painful punish- they themselves had stayed behind, ‘If they had
ment. (2:178) only obeyed us, they would not have been
Kill them wherever you come across them and killed.’ Say, ‘Then ward off death from yourselves
expel them from where they expelled you. if you are telling the truth.’ (3:168)
Corruption is worse than killing. Do not fight Do not suppose that those killed in the Way of
them in the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) Allah are dead. No indeed! They are alive and
until they fight you there. But if they do fight you, well provided for in the very presence of their
then kill them. That is how the disbelievers Lord, (3:169)
should be repaid. (2:191) Allah has heard the words of those who say,
And with Allah's permission they routed them. ‘Allah is poor and we are rich.’ We will write
Dawud killed Goliath and Allah gave him king- down what they said and their killing of the
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