The Holy War — Page 236
236 THE HOLY WAR وَقَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ 10 Meaning that, and fight in the cause of Allah against those who fight against you, but even then do not transgress, for Allah does not befriend those who transgress. Then He states: رد و وود ودرآن ورود اردو اور درود 2 ثقفتموهم و أخرجوهم من حيث أخرجوكم وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ وَ اَ Meaning that, and kill them wherever you find them and drive them out just as they have driven you out. Then He states: وَقُتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَ يَكُونَ الدِّينُ لِلَّهِ 3 Meaning that: Fight them until their rebellion comes to an end, and the obstructions to religion are lifted, and the religion of Allah begins to reign. Then He states: قُلْ قِتَالُ فِيْهِ كَبِيرٌ وَصَدٌّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَكُفْرُ بِهِ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَ إِخْرَاجُ أَهْلِهِ مِنْهُ أَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَالْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ حَتَّى يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَنْ دِينِكُمْ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعُوا 4 Meaning that, fighting in the Sacred Month is indeed a sin, but to hinder men from the way of Allah, and to be ungrateful to Him and to expel the virtuous servants of Allah, the Exalted, from the Sacred Mosque, is a very great sin; and to spread rebellion, that is to say, to 1. Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:191 [Publisher] 2. Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:192 [Publisher] 3. Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:194 [Publisher] 4. Sūrah al-Baqarah, 2:218 [Publisher]