Foolster41: Just In Case

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Sorry 4 the delay Foolster41, but for your time, I will address the issues raised one at a time. U see, the Koran was not sent down as a whole book, but verse per verse, according to the suitable occasions for it, not before, not a long after, just right. It must, if not, it would confuse the Muslims at that time, of course.

The verse that U are referring to was revealed when the infidels at that time, specifically those living side by side with the Prophet had broken their treaty or promise to him. So, being so hostile, they deserved what they got.

Some fanatics just misquote this verse, separated from other verse, which is unwise since if U misquote me like now, it won’t make any sense to U, don’t U agree. So allow me to give the verses that U left out.

Repentance
[9:1]
A declaration of immunity from God and His Messenger to the idolaters with whom you made a pact:

[9:2]
'Journey freely in the land for four months, and know that you cannot escape God, and that God degrades the disbelievers'.

[9:3]
A proclamation from God and His Messenger to mankind on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage that God is free from obligation to the idolaters, and [so is] His Messenger. So, if you repent, it will be better for you; but if you turn away, then know that you cannot escape God. And give tidings to those who disbelieve of a painful chastisement.

[9:4]
Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have made a pact, and who have not diminished [their commitment to] you in anyway, nor supported anyone against you; [as for these] fulfil your pact with them until the term. Truly God loves those who fear [Him].


[9:5]
Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and establish prayer and pay the alms, then leave their way free. God is Forgiving, Merciful.

[9:6]
And if any one of the idolaters seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he might hear the words of God and afterward convey him to his place of security - that is because they are a people who do not know.

[9:7]
How can the idolaters have a pact with God and His Messenger, except for those with whom you made a pact at the Sacred Mosque? So long as they are true to you, be true to them. Truly God loves the God-fearing.

[9:8]
How, when, if they get the better of you, they do not respect any bond or treaty with regard to you, pleasing you with their tongues, while their hearts refuse, and most of them are wicked.

[9:28]
O you who believe, the idolaters are indeed unclean, so do not let them come near the Sacred Mosque after this year of theirs. If you fear impoverishment, God will surely enrich you from His bounty, if He will. God is Knowing, Wise.

[9:29]
Fight those who do not believe in God, nor in the Last Day, and who do not forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden, nor do they practise the religion of truth, from among of those who have been given the Scripture, until they pay the jizya tribute, readily being subdued.

[9:30]
The Jews say: Ezra is the son of God; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of God. That is the utterance of their mouths, imitating the utterances of those who disbelieved before [them]. God assail them! How they are deviated!

[9:31]
They have taken their rabbis and their monks as lords beside God and the Messiah, son of Mary, when they were not commanded, except to worship One God: there is no god except Him; glory be to Him above what they associate [with Him].

[9:32]
They desire to extinguish God's light with their tongues; and God refuses but to perfect His light, even though the disbelievers be averse.

[9:33]
He it is Who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may manifest it over every religion, even though the disbelievers be averse.

[9:34]
O you who believe, many of the rabbis and monks indeed consume people's goods by false means, and bar from the way of God. And those who hoard up gold and silver, and do not expend them in the way of God - give them tidings of a painful chastisement.

[9:35]
On the day when it shall be heated in the fire of Hell and therewith their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded, 'This is what you hoarded up for yourselves: so taste now what you used to hoard!'


[9:111]
Indeed God has purchased from the believers their lives and their possessions, so that theirs will be [the reward of] Paradise: they shall fight in the way of God and they shall kill and be killed; that is a promise which is binding upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’ān; and who fulfils his covenant better than God? Rejoice then in this bargain of yours which you have made, for that is the supreme triumph.

[9:112]
Those who repent, those who worship, those who give praise, those who fast, those who bow, those who prostrate themselves, those who enjoin decency and forbid to indecency, those who maintain God's bounds, and give good tidings to the believers.

Asbabun Nuzul or the cause of the verse to be revealed had been told by Muhammad bin Ka’ab al-Qurazhi, what are the obligation of me that I have towards you and God.

U see, Muslims won’t fight unless they are attacked, threaten with death and exile. Any humans being would fight, not just Muslims if their life n possessions were at stake. Ask the psychologists, they know.

The Idol worshippers were threatening the Muslims, what do U have them do? Flee, like the companions of Jesus who were greatly outnumbered by the Roman armies and betrayed by their own brothers, the Israelite?

Oh, I forgot to mention, this is the only verse that Allah didn’t begin with his name,

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

They broke the treaty what do U expect, even the Red Indian rose against the tyranny of the white man, but succumbed to defeat with their buffaloes, and the great plain would never be the same again.

What would the Salthans do if they were oppressed, threaten, and denied of their rights. Cry?

9:6 answers everything. Don't leave them out and scare yourself!

[9:6]
And if any one of the idolaters seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he might hear the words of God and afterward convey him to his place of security - that is because they are a people who do not know.