Killing is reasonable in case of persecution (L-274)
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وَصَدٌّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَكُفْرٌۢ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ
ٱلْحَرَامِ وَإِخْرَاجُ أَهْلِهِۦ مِنْهُ أَكْبَرُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ
وَٱلْفِتْنَةُ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ ٱلْقَتْلِ ۗ217b. |
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217b. Wa saddun ‘an- sabiiLillaahi
wa kufrum-bihii wal-Masjidil-Haraami wa
‘ikh-raaju ‘ahliHii minhu ‘akbaru ‘indAllaah.
Wal-fitnatu ‘akbaru minal-qatl. |
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217b. but to bar others from God’s path, and to
disbelieve in Him, and to prevent access to the Holy Mosque, and to expel its
people from it, are more deplorable with God. And persecution is more serious
than killing. |
SabiiLillaahi – (the Way of God), its aim is Islam. It is the selected Path of God. The human being can arrange his World and the Hereafter by choosing this Straight Path.
We have explained in the previous lesson that once; in a battle, some Muslims killed an Infidel. It happened unknowingly during a sacred month. The Infidels reproached and taunted them due to it. God has commanded in these verses that although, it is a sin to fight during any sacred month, but those sins are comparatively bigger which are committed by the Infidels. Some kinds of sins are being submitted in today’s lesson.
Saddun ‘an- SabiiLillaahi – (to turn (men) from the Way of Allah), that is to say, “to prevent the people from embracing Islam and torture them with cruelty who have embraced Islam, to threaten them who incline to embrace Islam”. The Infidels of Makkah used to commit all such evils. They used to forbid the people from believing in the Messenger of Islam (ﷺ). They used to beat them and lay them down on hot stones who embraced Islam. They used to prevent them from leaving Makkah who wished to migrate from this sacred Place.
Kufrum-biHii – (to disbelieve in Him), second sin, which the Infidels used to commit, was “denial from God, refusal from His Existence and Attributes”.
‘Al-Masjidil-Haraami – (the Inviolable Place of Worship), BaytUllaah (the Square Building of Makkah) – this House of God was only for worship, but the Infidels had placed in it uncountable Idols. The Muslims wished to make it the House of Oneness of God, but the Infidels used to prevent them to enter this Inviolable Place of Worship and hinder them from worshiping.
‘Ikh-raaju ‘ahlihii – (to expel the people from Makkah, who were its inhabitants), the Infidels of Makkah tyrannized and oppressed the Muslims so much that they were compelled ultimately to leave Makkah. These poor and helpless Muslims took refuge in Madinah leaving behind their families and properties and ran away to save their lives. How big this sin was which was committed by the Idolaters of Makkah?
‘Al-fitnatu – (the persecution, mischief, sedition, plundering and turning the people away from the true religion), the Infidels of Makkah had been creating these entire evils but they did not consider them as their crimes. God commands, “Killing is reasonable in all respect while the situations arise as such”.
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