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This view was shared by Sayyid Sulaiman Nadwi of Deoband who stated that 'Jihad is generally taken to mean qital and fighting, but this limitation of significance is entirely wrong. '. He then proceeded to state: 'It means striving and effort. Its technical meaning is also close to this, that is, to undertake all kinds of struggle and exertion for the supremacy, propagation and defence of the truth and to make sacrifices and employ in the way of God all physical, material and mental resources which He has given to His servants, so much so as to sacrifice one's own life and that of one's family and nation. To oppose the efforts of the opponents of the truth and foil their plans; counter their attacks and be ready to fight them in the field of battle is also. Jihad. Regrettably, our opponents have reduced the scope of this important and broad significance without which no movement in the world has or can succeed to merely war with the enemies of the faith. '37 136. Maulana Muhammad Hasan Rampuri also, was of the opinion that war is not Jihad, but qital and only arises now and then while Jihad is to strive to proclaim the word of God. 38 Maulvi. Abu Ala Maududi shared this opinion and hence he declared that 'in the terminology of the Shar'iah, qital and jihad are two different things139 while an organ of the Jami'at Ahle Sunnat explained that: 'Jihad is derived from Jahd, meaning literally effort and striving. In the technical sense, it is used for proclaiming the word of God and the supremacy of the success of Islam. 140. Hence, in view of such opinions, Muslim scholars of numerous persuasions have maintained that Jihad does not mean to be 36. Nadwi, Sayyid Sulaiman. vide. Sirat an Nabi, vol. v. p. 199 38. Hasan, Maulana Muhammad. Sawanih Ahmadi p. 108 39. Maududi, Sayyid Abu Ala. Mashriq, Lahore, 12 October, 1965 40. Da'wat 13 November, 1964 37. Ibid. , pp. 200/01 230