VIOLENT PASSAGES OF THE ALCORON This is what some Christians and many atheists call and consider the Qur'an verses that command Muslims to fight those who oppose them and prevent the free and peaceful spread of their religion. When you are an atheist speaking that is easier to understand and to excuse you, because atheist has always been against God or against a religion that speaks of God, so it is an individual who anticipated and publicly declared his enmity with all that has to do with God. However, it is very strange when a Christian who weekly reads the Bible considers the Qur'an as a violent scripture, and thus makes us clearly convinced that his reading of the Bible has not been serious or attentive. It is known that, according to the Qur'an, in all times in the history of the true Prophets of God, no one has ever been obliged to follow the commandments contained in the Scriptures, because: لا There is no imposition on religion! 2:256 The authority the Prophets brought from God did not give them the free will to condemn those who peacefully rejected their message, but could fight heavily against those who opposed their preaching. That is, anyone could choose not to believe or follow the preaching of a certain Prophet, but when it prevented others from hearing God's message, then the person would have another kind of treatment on the part of the Prophets and their followers, for in this case it was an opposing enemy and not a simple unbeliever, so the individual was combated through the means he used to prevent the spreading of God's word. In other words, it was not simply the fact that the individual was unbelieving that he would be combated by believers, but because he was a barrier against spreading the divine message. Whoever used his mouth to stain religion from the mouths of the Prophets and his followers heard the recitation of God's words that contradicted what that person said, that is, that person was also fought with his mouth. Do not obey the disbelievers of faith, but fight them with him greatly. 25:52 Note that the combat referred to here is verbal, therefore, arguing on the basis of verses of the Qur'an, is a way of combating unbelievers, and this makes it clear to us that the word Jihâd does not mean “Holy War” as many think or as many have learned from MIDDLE and secular teaching. Jihâd is any effort that a Muslim believer undertakes to defend or disseminate the message of God, the Koran or Islam, in this case. This effort can be in various ways: verbal, written, physical and even psychological, provided that the person does not go beyond the limits outlined by the Qur'an and by Muhammad's prophetic tradition (that peace be with him). If a person used the sword to fight religion, the prophets and their followers would use it, and in this case their holiness and piety would not prevent them from defending their faith with the use of force. It is read in 9:36 of the Qur'an: Fight the idolaters equally and completely as they fight you (in every way) and know that Allah is with those who fear. Therefore, when it is necessary, the holiest can take the sword to defend what is his, even if it is necessary to infuse terror into the hearts of his enemies. It is precisely in this sense that the following passages of the Qur'an must be perceived: Prepare against them the strength that ye obtain, and make use of the cavalry, to infuse terror into the enemies of Allah and (which in practice are) your enemies, and also to terrorize others (your enemies) besides them whom you do not know and Allah knows them well. One of the other lessons this passage makes clear to us is that the least a nation should do to defend itself from any unjust invasion is to prepare all that it can to threaten and put fear in the heart of the enemy, and that is not a thing that stains the holiness or faith of a religious people. The Muslim nation that, in its infancy, suffered all kinds of persecution, feeling obliged to emigrate from Mecca to Medina, was increasingly gaining space and followers and thriving with new principles and laws that best regulated the lives of people whose past was involved in moral and spiritual darkness. Such a nation needed to fight all kinds of hypocritical individuals who undermined the tranquility and welfare of the majority. It is about that kind of people without their own identity that the Qur'an ordered Muslims to fight them in case they do not repent and do not abandon their dubious positions. Suddenly, the Christian or atheist takes a copy of the Koran translated and seeks passages of a passage without studying the beginning or the end, to say that the Qur'an has violent texts, without at least realizing in what circumstances the verses were revealed. For example: You will find others who want to protect themselves from you and protect themselves from their own peoples, and every time they are called to idolatry they plunge into it, if they do not isolate themselves from you and do not announce peace and do not stop fighting you, take them and kill them wherever you find them.... What individuals are we talking about in this passage? Of course, it was the hypocrites who sought to live “in good” with the Muslims and “better with the unbelievers” and at the end of the day they joined the unbelievers in their worship. They lived in Medina where they had their possessions but joined the unbelievers of Mecca, and to keep themselves safe from both sides they chose hypocrisy, fighting the Muslims inside. Here, the Christian does not know what it was about and has been saying that the passage encourages Muslims to kill everyone who is not Muslim. The surprise arises when the same as we read in the Qur'an about the fight against unbelievers who prevent the spreading of God's word we find in the Bible, which is why I began by saying that it was strange for a Christian to consider these passages of "violent" without first exploring the Bible, for when Jesus saw himself fought by people who not only denied his authority but also stood up as their enemies, his great holiness did not stop him from taking the sword in order to shed the blood he deserved, he felt compelled to choose force in order to defend his faith. In Luke 19:27 we can read: And as for those who rose up against me as enemies, rejecting my reign over them, bring them here immediately and execute them before me!’” and the thing does not end there, for immediately thereafter, in the same chapter of the Bible, Jesus had to encourage his followers to walk cautiously (armed) because at any moment the use of force could be necessary. At Luke 22:36, we can read: Then Jesus warns them: "But now he that has a purse, take it, and the backpack; and he that has no sword, sell his own garment, and buy one. With this passage, at least I understand that at this stage of Jesus' life it was necessary for each of the holy disciples to sell the coat that he wore on his robe to buy a sword, because the situation required it. That is, we can imagine Jesus telling each one of them: go cold at night but do not run out of weapon to defend yourself! Well, just to conclude, is the Christian ready to say that these passages of Luke are violent passages from the Bible? And if so have the courage to say, will you be ready to believe that Jesus was a terrorist and cruel prophet if someone so accuses you?... The Muslim, instead of judging Jesus as a terrorist or cruel, understands and believes that the laws change when the situation changes, so the holiest can behave contrary to the usual when the circumstance so requires, because each situation requires a certain treatment, after all with a finger the coconut is not broken. How about first reading well and understanding the Bible before criticizing the Qur'an? Those who, before washing their faces, laugh at each other's arms end up condemning themselves, because theirs may be even greater. It is an African proverb of Macua origin, and I quote here to draw attention to some inattentive and unsuspecting Christians who seek to tarnish the image of Islam and do not realize that they are offending their own faith in Jesus. Christian who judges the Qur'an violent... In reading your Bible be very attentive... For their accusations have sustenance... Who by habit spits against the wind... Gets used to walking around with a disgusting face... And those who occupy themselves with gray will walk gray... May Allah inspire us with the spirit of caring for our things before others. So that on Judgment Day we are not in the neutral group. Source: Bait al Quran — Sheikh Umar Aiuba #Islam
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