I'm not sure what the first sentence means, it seems jibberish. However for the second sentence, I interpret it as a mandate to use the same technique of your attackers against your attackers. They hit me, I hit them. They kill me, I kill them. They stone me, I stone them. They shoot me, I shoot them. Note that you aren't allow to choose whether you should strike back or not, but you are commanded/obligated/mandated to strike back as implied in the 2nd sentence and stated more explicitly in the next sentence. Therefore the vindicative nature of this verse is evident, which begs the question, Why would God wants people to be vindicative? Is such a quality divine?
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The forbidden month for the forbidden month, and forbidden things in retaliation. And one who attacketh you, attack him in like manner as he attacked you. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is with those who ward off (evil).
2007-03-20
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