The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 324
324. Essence of Islām II plague or cholera, He, at the same time, bestows upon the physicians knowledge of such herbs and remedies as prove effective in putting out the fire of such epidemics. . Therefore, it is the method of warfare adopted by Moses which is open to the objection that it did not permit a way of escape for the enemy according to the law of nature. Even when such a way was permitted, it was partial and not complete. It is clear that it has been the. Divine way from the beginning that the wrongdoing enemies of the Prophets have been destroyed by the sword. Then why is a similar commandment in the Holy. Qur'an considered as open to objection? Was the God of the time of Moses different from the God of the time of. Islām? Or is it that in the time of Moses God loved battle, but now He considers it an evil?. Taking Up Arms Against a Just Non-Muslim. Government is not Permitted. It should also be remembered that Islām permits the taking up of the sword only in opposition to people who themselves take it up first, and it permits the slaughter only of those who embark upon slaughter first. It does not lay down that the Muslims while they are the subjects of a non-Muslim sovereign who deals with them with justice and equity should take up arms against him as rebels. According to the Holy Qur'ān this is the way of the wicked and not of the righteous. But the Torah has not made this distinction clear at any place. This shows that the Holy Qur'an in all its commandments, whether of majesty or of beauty, adheres to the straight line of equity, justice, mercy and beneficence and is unique in this respect also among all the scriptures. [Anjām-e-Ātham, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 11, p. 37]