Hafeez 123
As promised, here is the lesson of your life.
Please read, digest, read, digest, read and digest again!
Moving onto the ayats, that you famously quoted. Let me take you back to school for the time being.
AT-TAUBAH
"9:14] Fight (kill) them (non-Muslims), and Allah will punish (torment) them by your hands, cover them with shame"
"9:28] Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque"
"9:29] Fight People of the Book (Christians and Jews), who do not accept the religion of the truth (Islam), until they pay tribute (penalty tax) by hand, being inferior. "
“9:29] Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."
Just for the record, you’ve posted the same ayah twice, hoping it was a separate ayah!!
"9:123] O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that God is with those who fear Him."
This Surah takes its name from the word At-Taubah (The Repentance).
This is the only Surah of the Qur'aan that to which Bismillahi'r-Rahmani'r-Rahim is not prefixed. This is because it opens with an acquittal from and a nullification of peace treaties with the associators and disbelievers. As such, the use of Bismillah, which grants protection by the name of Allah, would have been contrary to the nature of the subject matter of the Surah.
The theme of the Surah is to encourage and enable the Believers to give final crushing blow and to suppress forever the three evil forces, which were working against Islam at this juncture of time.
The associators and the disbelievers at and around Mecca, who were still hoping that the Believers might suffer a defeat at the hands of some outside power.
The activities of the hypocrites of Medina and the People of the Book, who were in league with the disbelievers of Arabia as well as with the representative governors of the Roman Empire in the boundary areas to the north.
Next in line were the rulers of the Roman Empire itself, who had taken notice in Hijra 8 of the growing power of Islam, when at the expedition of Mu'tah under Zayd ibn Harithah they had to employ as many as one hundred thousand soldiers to face a Muslim army of only three thousand!!!!
The first discourse of ayah 1-37 was revealed in Dhu’l-Qa’dah of Hijra 9 soon after the Prophet SAW had sent Abu Bakr and 300 of the Believers to Mecca to perform Hajj. The discourse contains a proclamation, ayah 1-12, of acquittal of any previous obligation of Allah and His Messenger for the protection and safety of those associators and disbelievers who had broken their solemn pledges with the Believers. The proclamation contained a notice of a four months period after which all treaty obligations with such pagans were to be dissolved.
In ayah 13-16, the Believers were exhorted to fight against disbelievers who broke their pledges, who purposed to drive out the Messenger of Allah from his home and who were the FIRST TO ATTACK THE BELIEVERS AT BADR!
The discourse of ayahs 73-129 was revealed in Sha'ban of Hijra 9, when the Prophet SAW had returned from the expedition of Tabuk.
In ayah 28-29, the Believers were exhorted to fight in the way of Allah against the Associators, the Jews and the Nasara of Arabia and of its adjoining areas, who had been duly warned of the consequences of their inimical and mischievous behaviour of ever breaking their solemn pledges with the Believers, and of ALWAYS seeking opportunity to WIPE OUT ISLAM.
In ayah 119-123, general instructions were given to the Believers for their guidance and betterment!!!!! Read them Hafeez, read them!
AL-IMRAN
"Al-Imran 3:100] O ye who believe! If ye listen to a faction among the People of the Book, they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!"
This Surah takes its name from the phrase Al'Imran (family of Imran). Imran was the father of Moses and Aaron, the progenitor of the family from which were born the Prophets and Mary, the mother of Jesus.
In order to understand properly the background of the revelation of the Surah, keep in mind that immediately after the victory of Badr, in Hijra 2, the small city-state of nascent Islam at Medina was beset with all sorts of internal problems of organization and external dangers of attacks by the Quraysh. These problems were expected, but to those were added the serious threats of insecurity through the machinations of hypocrites, and mischievous breaches of alliances on the part of Jewish clans who lived all around the vicinity of Medina. The Jews got so furious over the defeat of the Quraysh at the hands of the Believers at Badr, that they openly began to incite them and other Arab clans to attack the Believers. The foremost in this respect was the Jewish clan of Banu Qaynuqa!
The discourse of ayahs 64-120, opens with a strong appeal to the People of the Book to believe in the Unity of Allah.
In ayah 100-104, the Believers are instructed regarding their own conduct in order to be true Muslims and are asked to be watchful against the malicious intentions of the People of the Book against them.
AL-ANFAL
" 8:12] I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah"
"8:17] So you did not slay them, but it was Allah Who slew them, and you did not smite when you smote (the enemy), but it was Allah Who smote, and that He might confer upon the believers a good gift from Himself; surely Allah is Hearing, Knowing. "
"8:60] Strike terror (into the hearts of) the enemies of Allah and your enemies "
This Surah takes its name from the word Al-Anfal (Anfal is a plural of nafl, meaning additional or supererogatory service or reward). Here Anfal is used in the sense of spoils of war, considered as bounties from Allah. The Surah was revealed following a period of about one month after the battle of Badr, which took place on the 17th of Ramadhan of Hijra 2.
The Surah, in addition to providing a comprehensive review of the battle of Badr, enunciates general and moral principles of conduct for the Believers at a time when they are actually engaged in war against their enemies, or are having a state of war, or a period of truce with them.
In ayah 5-10, regarding the battle of Badr, the Believers were reminded that the truth of the matter was that Allah had ordained that they should face the armed host of the Meccan Quraysh and inflict upon them a crushing defeat by His succour. ‘ So that He might establish the truth and prove falsehood to be false, though the guilty might abhor it’.
In ayah 11-14, the Believers were further reminded of Allah’s succour, they received even before the beginning of the battle.
I ayah 16-18, the Believers were reminded of an event that took place during the battle of Badr. After the single bouts, when the two hosts were to meet, the Prophet SAW took a handful of dust and threw it towards the enemy camp, saying may their faces be scorched. At the same time he signaled towards his followers who then attacked the disbelievers in a body. This was in reply to Abu Jahal, the leader of disbelievers, who provoked Allah’s judgement saying: O God, grant victory to that party which is in the right, and humiliate that one which is the aggressor.
In ayah 60-62, the Believers are commanded to keep their armies fully prepared to meet any sudden or treacherous attack by the enemy. But if the enemy should be inclined to peace, the Believers should reciprocate.
AL-MA’IDAH
"Al-Ma'idah 5:33] The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter"
This Surah takes its name from the word Ma’idah which occurs in ayah 112 of the Surah, where it refers to the request made to Jesus by his helpers to ask his Lord to bestow upon them ‘ a table spread with food’ from heaven.
The period of revelation of the Surah is at the end of Hijra 6 and the beginning of Hijra 7, with the possible exception of ayah 3.
In ayah 33-43, in order to prevent crime on a large scale, the Qur’aan has enjoined exemplary punishments for offences such as treason, manslaughter and highway robbery, but towards those that repent and amend their ways, Allah will relent. It is also emphasized that the Believers should exert their utmost to establish the Right Way of Life as revealed to them in the Qur’aan.
Take heed and study!
The real irony is that according to your logic, on one hand the learned Ulamaah would laugh at my discourse, when you were asked for the info. And on the other hand, you are using this post for your ‘enlightenment’, when you asked me for the same info.
Look on the bright side. At least this is a good way of admitting your shortcomings, without actually admitting it!
Work it out.
Maybe you can change the name from Hafeez 123 to ‘Mullah Enlighted’.
In future, think twice before posting ayahs of which you have no knowledge about.
Finally, this ain't no copy'n'paste, it's from a source called STUDY!!!!!
I know it sounds like an alien word to you, but believe me, it's out there!
I'll leave the copy'n'pastes for the likes of you.
‘Give credit when it’s due, or the repo man will be after you’.
