The Holy War — Page 234
234 Observe, in the time of Prophet Adam, God Almighty had per- mitted marriages between brothers and their real sisters. Then, at var- ious times He permitted the drinking of alcohol, while at times He prohibited it; sometimes He permitted divorce, while sometimes He prohibited divorce; sometimes He permitted revenge, while at other times He prohibited revenge; and these are only within the species of humankind. If we look into the species of animals, then we see that there is no difference in mothers and sisters, etc. Every type of unlaw- ful and illegitimate action takes place before God and offspring are born from them. Assuredly, it is proven from this that accountability does not exist prior to the revelation of a Book and you have already conceded that all these laws are for the benefit of man. Moreover, you have still not given any valid rebuttal to the argu- ment that in the event that all these ordinances are conceived to be for the benefit of man, and accountability is not even established before the promises and warnings of God Almighty; then—since this method can operate this way in a manner so easy for God Almighty to accept the repentance of the repenters in accordance with His promises— what is the need for any other irrational method? I will answer the rest of this issue at another time. At this moment in time, I will talk about the remaining issues regarding jihad, and that is—as I have already mentioned—jihad was only undertaken to estab- lish peace, to destroy the glory of the idols, and to thwart the attack of the enemies. And this verse, namely: اوُلِتاَق َنْيِذَّلا اَل َنْوُنِمْؤُي ِهّٰللاِب َو اَل ِمْوَيْلاِب ِرِخٰاْلا َو اَل َنْوُمِّرَحُي اَم َمَّرَح ُهّٰللا َو ٗهُلْوُسَر َو اَل َنْوُنْيِدَي َنْيِد 1 ِّقَحْلا َنِم َنْيِذَّلا اوُتْوُا َبٰتِكْلا ىّٰتَح اوُطْعُي َةَيْزِجْلا ْنَع ٍدَّي َّو ْمُه َنْوُرِغٰص۰۰ What benefit can this verse give you and what compulsion in faith is proven from this verse? Its meaning is clear: Fight those faithless peo- ple who believe not in Allah nor in the Last Day—that is to say, those 1. S u rah at-Taubah, 9:29 [Publisher]