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support – those who were expelled from their homes without any
right, merely for saying, "Our Lord is God"… (Qur'an, 22:39-40)
With these verses, the Muslim community that had been unjustly

forced into exile merely for saying "Our Lord is God" started to make
preparations to defend themselves. As explicitly stated in the verse, a
Muslim community "who are fought against because they have been
wronged" are permitted to defend themselves; but they are not told to
attack. Following this verse, Muslims began to defend themselves and
fought back against the ferocious community that was attacking them.
Verses concerning war and defence revealed after that contain descrip-
tions regarding measures during the fighting taking place then. To put
it another way, a special description is provided specific to the situa-

The pagans of the time barbarically mistreated and tortured
Muslims, in a way never seen before. Our Prophet (pbuh)
was given permission in the verses to engage in self defence
for himself and his community in the face of these attacks
and wrongdoing.