Jihad and war is mandatory within Mein Muhammadism
or Islam (Submission to Baal, or Muhammad). 2:216 makes this clear (as does
3:142):
2:216: Jihad (holy fighting in
Allah's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it
may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing
which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know
Sura 3 recounts the early battles of Muhammad. Badr in 624
should have been a defeat but improbable luck and some courage allowed the
Muhammadans to prevail. ‘Remember Badr’
is still a Moslem war-cry to this day. Contrary
to Moslem lies, Badr was not a defensive battle, but a Moslem attack on a rich
caravan. Today ‘historians’ twist themselves
into various shapes in their lies that Badr was somehow a battle Muhammad did
not want. Badr lies far way from the Moslem
base at Medina on the rich caravan routes.
The Moslems as always, were plundering.
“The
account goes on to say that some of the Muslims were reluctant to
participate in the attack because they did not want to go to war.
Muhammad later refers to these peaceful Muslims as ‘Hypocrites’ in the Qur’an,
where he also condemns them to Hell and demands that true Muslims deal with
them harshly (66:9).
After Muhammad sent his men to attack the caravan, Abu Sufyan (his
Meccan adversary) learned of his plans:
When he got near to the Hijaz, Abu Sufyan was seeking news and
questioning every rider in his anxiety, until he got news from some riders that
Muahmmad had called out his companions against him and his caravan. (Ibn
Ishaq/Hisham 428)
Muhammad himself declared that the Meccans were simply trying to protect
their property: The Quraysh have come to protect their horsemen. (Tabari,
Volume V11, p.31)”
In revenge for this unprovoked attacked the Meccans
sent out a strong force to take Medina. Uhud
a few miles from Medina saw the Meccans in 625 attack the Moslems but were
unable to decisively defeat them.
Muhammad’s totalitarian control of Medinah remained absolute.
Sura 3 remembers these battles including the ‘angels
of Allah’ who fought at the side of the Moslems at Badr (3:124). 3:152-156 discusses the flight of the Meccans
at both Badr [some fled] as well as at Uhud, with Allah commenting that the
Moslems loved ‘booty’ too much; and that fleeing in the face of the Meccans was
a ‘test’ from Allah, induced by Shaitun or Satan; and was thus dismissed as a
problem. Uhud was at best a draw, and
more likely a Moslem defeat. But Allah
all-knowing, all-wise, used Uhud as a ‘test’ of the faith of the Moslems,
blaming their ‘evil deeds’ for the poor performance of the Moslem army (3:165).
Sura 3:
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(remember) when you (Muhammad SAW) left your household in the morning to post the believers at their stations for
the battle (of Uhud). And Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. |
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And Allah has already made you victorious at
Badr, when you were a weak little force. So fear Allah much [abstain from
all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden and love Allah much,
perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained] that you may be
grateful. |
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(Remember)
when you (Muhammad SAW) said to the believers, "Is it not enough for you that your Lord (Allah) should help
you with three thousand angels; sent down?" |
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"Yes,
if you hold on to patience and piety,
and the enemy comes rushing at you; your Lord will help you with five
thousand angels having marks (of distinction)." |
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Allah
made it not but as a message of good news for you and as an assurance to your
hearts. And there is no victory except
from Allah, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. |
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If a
wound (and killing) has touched you, be sure a similar wound (and killing)
has touched the others. And so are the days (good and not so good), We give
to men by turns, that Allah may test those who believe, and that He
may take martyrs from among you. And Allah likes not the Zalimun (polytheists
and wrongdoers). |
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And that Allah may test (or purify) the
believers (from sins) and destroy the
disbelievers. |
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Do you think that you will enter Paradise before
Allah tests those of you who fought (in His Cause) and
(also) tests those who are As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.)? |
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You did
indeed wish for death (AshShahadah - martyrdom) before you met it. Now you
have seen it openly with your own eyes. |
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And many
a Prophet (i.e. many from amongst the Prophets) fought (in Allah's Cause) and along with him (fought) large bands of
religious learned men. But they never lost heart for that which did
befall them in Allah's Way, nor did they weaken nor degrade themselves. And
Allah loves As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.). |
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And Allah did indeed fulfil His Promise to
you when you were killing them (your enemy) with His Permission; until (the moment) you lost your courage and
fell to disputing about the order, and
disobeyed after He showed you (of the booty) which you love. Among you
are some that desire this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then He made you flee from them (your enemy),
that He might test you. But surely, He forgave you, and Allah is Most
Gracious to the believers. |
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(And remember) when you ran away (dreadfully)
without even casting a side glance at anyone, and the Messenger (Muhammad
SAW) was in your rear calling you back. There did Allah give you one
distress after another by way of requital
to teach you not to grieve for that which had escaped you, nor for that
which had befallen you. And Allah is Well Aware of all that you do. |
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Then
after the distress, He sent down security for you. Slumber overtook a party
of you, while another party was thinking about themselves (as how to save
their ownselves, ignoring the others and the Prophet SAW) and thought wrongly
of Allah - the thought of ignorance. They said, "Have we any part in the
affair?" Say you (O Muhammad SAW): "Indeed the affair belongs
wholly to Allah." They hide within themselves what they dare not reveal
to you, saying: "If we had anything to do with the affair, none of us
would have been killed here." Say: "Even if you had remained in
your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth
to the place of their death," but that Allah might test what is in your
breasts; and to Mahis that which was in your hearts (sins), and Allah is
AllKnower of what is in (your) breasts. |
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Those of you who turned back on the day the two
hosts met (i.e. the battle of Uhud), it was Shaitan (Satan) who
caused them to backslide (run away from the battlefield) because of some
(sins) they had earned. But Allah, indeed, has forgiven them. Surely, Allah
is OftForgiving, Most Forbearing. |
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O you who
believe! Be not like those who
disbelieve (hypocrites) and who say to their brethren when they travel
through the earth or go out to fight: "If they had stayed with us,
they would not have died or been killed," so that Allah may make it a
cause of regret in their hearts. It is Allah that gives life and causes
death. And Allah is AllSeer of what you do. |
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And if you are killed or die in the Way of
Allah, forgiveness and mercy from Allah are far better than all that they
amass (of worldly wealths, etc.). |
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And
whether you die, or are killed, verily, unto Allah you shall be gathered. |
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(What is
the matter with you?) When a single
disaster smites you, although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as
great, you say: "From where does this come to us?" Say (to them),
"It is from yourselves (because of your evil deeds)." And Allah
has power over all things. |
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And what
you suffered (of the disaster) on the day (of the battle of Uhud when) the
two armies met, was by the leave of
Allah, in order that He might test the believers. |
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And that He might test the hypocrites, it was
said to them: "Come, fight in the
Way of Allah or (at least) defend yourselves." They said: "Had
we known that fighting will take place, we would certainly have followed
you." They were that day, nearer to disbelief than to Faith, saying with
their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah has full knowledge of
what they conceal. |
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Think not
of those who are killed in the Way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are alive,
with their Lord, and they have provision. |
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Those who answered (the Call of) Allah and the
Messenger (Muhammad SAW) after being wounded; for
those of them who did good deeds and feared Allah, there is a great reward. |
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Those
(i.e. believers) unto whom the people (hypocrites) said, "Verily, the
people (pagans) have gathered against you (a great army), therefore, fear
them." But it (only) increased them in Faith, and they said: "Allah
(Alone) is Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs (for
us)." |