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Those who migrated and were driven from their fighting either you or their own people. If Allah
homes and suffered harm in My Way and fought had willed, He could have given them the upper
and were killed, I will erase their bad actions hand over you and then they would have fought
from them and admit them into Gardens with you. If they keep away from you and do not fight
rivers flowing under them, as a reward from you and submit to you, Allah has not given you
Allah. The best of all rewards is with Allah.’ any way against such people. (4:89-90)
(3:195) You who believe! When you go out to fight in the
Do you not see those who were given a portion Way of Allah verify things carefully. Do not say,
of the Book trading in misguidance and wanting ‘You are not a believer’, to someone who greets
you to be misguided from the way? (4:44) you as a Muslim, simply out of desire for the
Do you not see those who were given a portion goods of this world. With Allah there is booty in
of the Book believing in idols and false gods and abundance. That is the way you were before but
saying of those who disbelieve, ‘These people Allah has been kind to you. So verify things care-
are better guided on their path than the believ- fully. Allah is aware of what you do. (4:94)
ers’? (4:51) Those believers who stay behind–other than
In that case We would have given them an im- those forced to by necessity–are not the same as
mense reward from Us and We would have those who strive in the Way of Allah, sacrificing
guided them on a straight path. (4:67-68) their wealth and themselves. Allah has given
So let those who sell the life of this world for the those who strive with their wealth and them-
hereafter fight in the Way of Allah. If someone selves a higher rank than those who stay behind.
fights in the Way of Allah, whether he is killed or Allah has promised the Best to both, but Allah
is victorious, We will pay him an immense re- has preferred those who strive over those who
ward. (4:74) stay behind by an immense reward. (4:95)
What reason could you have for not fighting in Those who migrate in the Way of Allah will find
the Way of Allah–for those men, women and many places of refuge on the earth and ample
children who are oppressed and say, ‘Our Lord, sustenance. If anyone leaves his home, migrating
take us out of this city whose inhabitants are to Allah and His Messenger, and death catches
wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give up with him, it is Allah Who will reward him.
us a helper from You!’? (4:75) Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (4:100)
Those who believe fight in the Way of Allah. But if anyone opposes the Messenger after the
Those who disbelieve fight in the way of false guidance has become clear to him, and follows
gods. So fight the friends of Satan! Satan’s schem- other than the path of the believers, We will hand
ing is always feeble. (4:76) him over to whatever he has turned to, and We
So fight in the way of Allah–you are only answer- will roast him in Hell. What an evil destination!
able for yourself–and spur on the believers. It (4:115)
may well be that Allah will curb the force of As for those who believe and then return to dis-
those who disbelieve. Allah has greater force and belief, and then again believe and then return to
greater power to punish. (4:84) disbelief, and then increase in disbelief, Allah
They would like you to disbelieve as they disbe- will not forgive them or guide them on any path.
lieve so that you will all be the same. Do not take (4:137)
any of them as friends until they have migrated in Because of wrongdoing on the part of the Jews,
the Way of Allah. But if they run away then seize We made forbidden for them some good things
them and kill them wherever you find them. Do which had previously been lawful for them; and
not take any of them as either a friend or because of their obstructing many people from
helper–except for those who seek shelter with the Way of Allah. (4:160)
people with whom you have a treaty, or who Those who disbelieve and bar access to the Way
come to you greatly perturbed at the prospect of of Allah have gone very far astray. (4:167)
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