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58 Islam Denounces Terrorism

What Is Misunderstood about
War In Islam

A Muslim Has A Responsibility to Believe in
Every Verse of the Qur'an, Without Exception

The reason for this section is to show the false nature of claims
made by fanatics who seek to add superstition to Islam and some
opponents of Islam, who in turn misuse the unpleasant ideas of those
fanatics that some verses of the Qur'an are no longer valid (Surely the
Qur'an is beyond that). They cite the 106th verse of Surat al-Baqara as
supposed evidence for their claims:

Whenever We abrogate an ayat or cause it to be forgotten, We bring
one better than it or equal to it. Do you not know that God has power
over all things? (Qur'an, 2:106)

Those who twist their tongues against the Qur'an offered their
own misinterpretations as so-called evidence to allow them to impose
their own superstition. They have foolishly imagined that they can
invalidate some verses and even replace them with fabricated hadiths.
Some opponents of Islam, on the other hand, maintain that there are

verses about the use of intoxicants or war that no longer apply and
seek to divide Muslims into those who abide by that and those who do
not.

The true interpretation of this verse is as follows;
The Arabic word "ayat" in "Whenever We abrogate an ayat" is sin-

gular. The word means sign or miracle when used in this form. When
the word "ayat" appears in the singular in the Qur'an, it always means
evidence or sign, and that is how it is translated in all other verses. The
word "ayat" used to refer to the verses of the Qur'an never appears in
singular form in the Qur'an.