Quran - a harsh book of law??

Question

A very Good Day to u all. I'm just doing a sort of research and I would like to get verses from the Quran ONLY. Pls give me just the 'harsh' verses. No spite pls. If u don't have anything to list, pls quote 'needed 2 points'

If u want to list 'peaceful' verses pls do so on http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060902213440AAktWJo&pa=FYd1D2bwHTHwIb1kEeI7SfJRQpvdUkv7el_.VUTUteNfSg--&msgr_status=

I'm not one of those people who take everything for granted. I have a copy of the Quran in the English and Urdu translation. I'm thinking of learning Arabic after a few years. So I will make opinions of my own. As I have stated above, I am also collecting the 'peaceful' verses so I hope Muslims AND non-Muslims do not misunderstand me. I am truly and truly studying. N it is fortunate that I have an open mind. I am also studying physcology and I would like to also know what makes Osama bin Laden and his students do what they do. It is nothing against reliegon. ok??

Peace to u all

by 'harsh' verses, I meant all those verses which invited believers to be cruel and to fight and beath their wives and kill their children...etc. etc.

Answer 1

convert (have you seen the recent Gadahn tape)
Barã´ah 9:5

pay jizyah (submission tribute):
Barã´ah 9:29

beheading:
Al-Anfãl 8:12

acquire atomic weapons:
Al-Anfãl 8:12

use atomic weapons against unbelievers:
Al-Kahf 18:29

unbelievers killed or may be taken captive:
Al-Ahzãb 33:26

unbelievers houses and property seized:
Al-Ahzãb 33:27

captured women will flee husband (and may be taken as a wife):
Al-Nesã´4:24

believers dress modestly:
Al-Noor 24:31

Answer 2

Actually there's more "good" things in the Quran than "bad" things. The difference is that radical, militaristic Islam focuses on the latter of the two and since that's main kind of Islam you hear about, it's very easy to confuse the Quran as being mostly bad. If you look around the "bad" things, you can often find that it is not senseless violence. For example, it may say to kill your foes in one line, but then in the next it talks about mercy and what not, but if you just put the part about killing...

See where i'm going with this?

Just keep up the research and try not to get it from biased sources.

Answer 3

You can't just take sections of the Qu'ran out of context and read something into them. For instance Surah V is the story of Moses and the Jews and the sections contained in it have to do with that period. Most of these sections are warnings from God to those who do not follow his will or teachings and they describe what is waiting for them in the after life.

If you truly want to know Islam then read the Qu'ran with an open heart and mind.

Answer 4

I read the Qu'ran as a skeptic, because it invites me to do so. I am not certain that I understand what you mean by harsh verses.

My understanding is enhanced with every reading.

Give me more detail please, so that I may serve you better.
Since you are doing research I am at your service.

Answer 5

Buy a copy of the koran for yourself.
Most of the old testament is in it.
It does have a lot less violence than the bible.

Research, ha

what are you going to quote as your references, people who just want to voice an opinion such as myself.

Answer 6

Here's everything you need to know to make such a determination for yourself:

http://www.prophetofdoom.net

Click on the top link by the same title to see the entire book online for free.

Answer 7

i cant say its a harsh book of law!! it's pretty fair!!
O mankind, revere your Guardian-Lord Who created you from a single Person, created of like nature, [His] mate, and from them twain scattered countless men and women T.Q. Sura 4, The Women, verse 1.
he Messenger [Muhammad] believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the [people] men of faith. Each one [of them] believes in Allah, His angels, His books, and His Messengers. 'We make no distinction' (they say) between one and another of his Messengers, And they say: 'We hear and we obey: [we seek] thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys T.Q. Sura 2, The Cow. verse 285.

O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah. For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do T.Q. Sura 5, The Table Spread, verse 8.

"Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: For thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance. (The Noble Quran, 16:125)"

Answer 8

Good luck getting quotes from other people. They will most likely ignore your question and feed you some BS..... Be sure to check the link for a HUGE list of direct quotes and sources so you can not only read summary, but find them in quran if you wish.

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The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land....(Quran; Surah 5:33)

...beware of them lest they seduce you from some part of that which Allah has revealed to you. And if they turn away know that Allah's will is to sm te them...(Quran; Surah 5:49)

...Take not the Jews and Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who takes them for friends is one of them. Lo! Allah guids not these wrongdoing people. (Quran Surah 5:51)

And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can overcome. Lo! they cannot escape. Make ready for them all you can by armed force...(Quran; Surah 8:59-60a)

...slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and prepare to ambush them. But if they repent and establish [Islamic] worship...their way is free. Lo! Allah is forgiving and Merciful. (Quran; Surah 9:5)

...Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them...(Quran; Surah 9:73)


Sura 4-89: “They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): but take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (from what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks…”

Sura 9-29: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, 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.”

Sura 22-9: “As for the unbelievers for them garments of fire shall be cut and there shall be poured over their heads boiling water whereby whatever is in their bowels and skins shall be dissolved and they will be punished with hooked iron rods.”

Sura 47-4: “When you meet the unbelievers, strike off their heads; then when you have made wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives”

IV.138: Those who believe, then disbelieve, then again believe, then disbelieve and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor will He guide them to the right way.

IV.92: And it does not behoove a believer to kill a believer except by mistake, and whoever kills a believer by mistake, he should free a believing slave , and blood-money should be paid to his people unless they remit it as alms; but if he be from a tribe hostile to you and he is a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (suffices), and if he is from a tribe between whom and you there is a covenant, the blood-money should be paid to his people along with the freeing of a believing slave; but he who cannot find (a slave) should fast for two months successively: a penance from Allah, and Allah is Knowing, Wise.

II.161: Surely those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers, these it is on whom is the curse of Allah and the angels and men all;

XVI.8: It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, and if you (again return to disobedience) We too will return (to punishment), and We have made hell a prison for the unbelievers.

IX. 5-6: Kill those who join other gods with God wherever you may find them.

IV.76: Those who believe fight in the cause of God.

VIII.39-42: Say to the Infidels: if they desist from their unbelief, what is now past shall be forgiven; but if they return to it, they have already before them the doom of the ancients! Fight then against them till strife be at an end, and the religion be all of it God's.




Take these quotes and imagine what it does to young students who are literally brainwashed by them to believe its the end of the world and terrorists are created.

Answer 9

Well the good thing about the Quran is it doubles as toilet paper!

Answer 10

i'm going to list to you a lot of 'harsh verses', but also provide you with explanations to them, because without learning the history of Islam, you cannot have a full understanding of the Qur'an; and hence, reading these verses alone will only lead to you having a misinformed outlook on Islam, and thereby accomplishing nothing in this study of yours. My answer is very long, but you need not look any further for i provide you with almost all the misused 'harsh' verses of the Qur'an. I hope you read all of it.

War is abominable, but sometimes necessary. World War II required that Nazism be confronted. Any nation which advocates justice could not have stood idly by and watched this dangerous threat lead to the deaths of millions of innocent, undeserving people. Hitler’s regime had to be thwarted. “If God did not drive some back by means of others the earth would be completely corrupt, but God is bountiful to all.” 2:251 “Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged – God has the power to help them – those who have been driven unjustly from their homes only for saying, ‘Our Lord is God.’ If God did not repel some people by means of others, many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, where God’s name is much invoked, would have been destroyed. God is sure to help those who help His cause – God is strong and mighty.” 22:39-40 Fighting oppression – or aiding those who cannot defend themselves – and self-defense are the only justifiable reasons for war. Yet, when the word Jihad is mentioned, it is automatically associated with terrorism and violence. The meaning of the word Jihad is to ‘strive’, or ‘make effort [in the way of God]’. It can be both peaceful and physical. Muhammad PBUH said, “The best Jihad is when a person strives against his own self for the sake of God.” This is when a person strives in resisting and avoiding temptations to remain pure.

However, it is the physical Jihad which has been subjected to many negative criticisms. In the Qur’an, it says, “Why should you not fight in God’s cause and for those oppressed men, women, and children who cry out, ‘Lord, rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors! By Your grace, give us a protector and helper!’?”4:75 “Fighting is ordained for you, though you dislike it. You may dislike something although it is good for you, or like something although it is bad for you: God knows and you do not.”2:216 People who falsely claim that Islam is pro-war make it sound as if Muslims and prophet Muhammad PBUH were the only servants of God who have ever fought in wars. What about David, did he not kill Goliath in war? Or Solomon, did he not have armies that fought in God’s cause? Are David and Solomon not ‘Christian’ and ‘Jewish’ prophets as well? What about Moses, did he not command the Children of Israel to fight those who occupied Jerusalem? Were they not cursed for forty years to roam in the desert because they did not fight?

With a dangerous resort such as War, however, rules and guidelines have to be instilled in order for people not to overstep the bounds of justice and become the very oppression they were fighting against. “Fight in God’s cause against those who fight you, but do not overstep the limits” – prohibition of starting hostilities, fighting non-combatants, disproportionate response to aggression, killing children, women, the sick, or the elderly – “God does not love those who overstep the limits. Slay them wherever you find them and drive them out from where they drove you out, for persecution is more serious than killing. Do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque unless they fight you there. If they do fight you, kill them – this is what such disbelievers deserve – but if they stop, then God is most forgiving and merciful. Fight them until there is no more persecution, and your worship is devoted to God. If they cease hostilities, there can be no further hostility, except towards aggressors. A sacred month for a sacred month: violation of sanctity [calls for] fair retribution. So if anyone commits aggression against you, attack him as he attacked you, but be mindful of God, and know that He is with those who are mindful of Him. Spend in God’s cause: do not contribute to your destruction with your hands , but do good, for God loves those who do good” (2:190-5).

Both non-Muslims eager to criticize Islam and some Islamic extremists have repeatedly used qur’anic verses to put them out of context and give them new meaning. They distort what the verses say by omitting parts and masking further explanations. This technique has been frequently used to justify erroneous views, especially for the previously mentioned verses. ‘Slay them wherever you find them’ taken out of context implies that Muslims may kill non-Muslims wherever they find them. As mentioned above, the only situations where the Qur’an allows Muslims to fight are in self-defense or the defense of the oppressed who call for help; but even then, this is restricted to those with whom the Muslims do not have treaty obligations. “If they seek help from you against persecution, it is your duty to assist them, except against people with whom you have a treaty: God sees all that you do” 8:72 (Haleem, 2004). Not even breaking treaties is permissible in Islam, so how can people claim that murder is?

(Back to the verses 2:190-5) “The pronoun ‘them’ refers to the words ‘those who fight you’. Here, Muslims are here being allowed to fight the Meccans who attacked them. ‘Wherever you find them’ or ‘come up against them’ is also misunderstood. As exegetes and commentators explain, the Muslims were anxious that if their enemies attacked them in Mecca, which was and is a sanctuary – in which no Muslim is allowed to fight, or kill even an animal or plant – and they retaliated and killed, they would be breaking the law. The Qur’an simply reassured the Muslims that they could defend themselves when attacked, even if they killed their attackers, whether within the sanctuary or outside it. However, the six verses that concern war (2:190-5) contain many restrictions and are couched in restraining language that appeals strongly to the Muslims’ conscience. In six verses we find four prohibitions; seven restrictions (one ‘until,’ four ‘if,’ two ‘who fight you’); as well as such cautions as ‘in God’s cause,’ ‘be mindful of God,’ ‘God does not love those who overstep the limits,’ ‘He is with those who are mindful of Him,’ ‘loves those who do good,’ and ‘God is most forgiving and merciful.’ ” (Haleem, 2004).

“Equally misinterpreted and taken out of context is the following qur’anic verse: ‘When the [four] forbidden months are over, wherever you find the polytheists, kill them, seize them, besiege them, ambush them – but if they turn [to God], maintain the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms, let them go on their way, for God is most forgiving and merciful.’ 9:5 The hostility and bitter enmity of the polytheists and their persecution of the Muslims during the time of the Prophet PBUH became so great that the disbelievers were determined to convert the Muslims back to paganism or finish them off: ‘They will not stop fighting you [believers] until they make you revoke your faith, if they can.’ 2:217 It was these hardened polytheists in Arabia, who would accept nothing other than the expulsion of Muslims or their reversion to paganism, and who repeatedly broke their treaties, that the Muslims were ordered to treat in the same way – either to expel them or to accept nothing from them except Islam. But, even then, the Prophet PBUH and the Muslims were not simply pounce on such enemies, reciprocating by breaking the treaty themselves: an ultimatum was issued, giving the enemy notice that, after the four sacred months, the Muslims would wage war on them.” (Haleem, 2004).

“Yet the main clause of the sentence – ‘Kill the polytheists’ – is singled out by some non-Muslims as representing the Islamic attitude to war, even some Muslims take this view and allege that this verse abrogated many other verses, including ‘There is no compulsion in religion’ 2:256 and even, according to a possible extremist, ‘God is forgiving and merciful.’ This far-fetched interpretation isolates and decontextualizes the many reasons given in order to fight such polytheists: they continually broke their agreements and aided others against the Muslims, they started hostilities against the Muslims, barred others from becoming Muslims, expelled them from the Holy Mosque and even from their own homes. Moreover consistent with restrictions on war elsewhere in the Qur’an, the polytheists who do not break their agreements and keep the peace with the Muslims are granted security: ‘If any one of the polytheists should seek your protection [Prophet], grant it to him so that he may hear the word of God – then take him to a safe place – for they are people with no knowledge.’9:6 ” (Haleem, 2004).

War in Islam is only resorted to in order to establish justice. It is something God has ordained on His faithful servants who seek to do good in the lands. As for killing in general, the Qur’an explains, “Do not kill each other, for God is merciful to you”;4:29 “Never should a believer kill another believer, except by mistake […]. If anyone kills a believer deliberately, the punishment for him is Hell, and there he will remain: God is angry with him, and rejects him, and has prepared a tremendous torment for him.”4:91-92 “On account of [his deed], We decreed […] that if anyone kills a person – unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land – it is as if he kills all mankind, while if any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all mankind.” 5:32


Intolerance of Other Religions
Many people critique Islam by saying that it does not tolerate other religions when it clearly states in the Qur’an: “[…] and He does not forbid you to deal kindly and justly with anyone who has not fought you for your faith or driven you out of your homes: God loves the just.” 60:8 Perhaps the qur’anic verse they rely on the most is verse 5:51 which says: “You who believe, do not take the Jews and Christians as allies: they are allies only to each other. Anyone who takes them as an ally becomes one of them – God does not guide such wrongdoers.” However, the Jews and Christians talked about here are clearly just the ones who are against the Muslim camp, as is clear from the following verses up to 5:59 : “You who believe, do not take as allies those who ridicule your religion and make fun of it – whether people who were given the Scripture before you, or disbelievers – and be mindful of God if you are true believers. When you make the call to prayer, they ridicule it and make fun of it: this is because they are people who do not reason. Say [Prophet], ‘People of the Book, do you resent us for any reason other than the fact that we believe in God, in what was sent down to us, and in what was sent before us, while most of you are disobedient?’ ”

Non-Muslims who want to show how Islam is intolerant of others also use the following qur’anic verse: “He that chooses a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted of him and in the world to come, he will be one of the lost.” 3:85 However, as mentioned before, “the word ‘Islam’ in the Arabic of the Qur’an means complete devotion/submission to God, unmixed with worship of any other. All earlier prophets are thus described by the Qur’an as Muslims. Those who read this word ‘Islam’ in the sense of the religion of prophet Muhammad PBUH will illegitimately set up a barrier between Islam and other monotheistic religions.” (Haleem, 2004). Logically, for Islam to be the true religion of God, it has to be attainable by any person, at any time, anywhere. It is this fundamental principle of one surrendering his will to God which makes Islam universal and not constrained to a certain type of people.

Further proof that Islam does not oppose peoples’ different beliefs can be seen in the following qur’anic verses: “The [Muslim] believers, the Jews, the Christians, and the Sabians – all those who believe in God and the Last Day and do good – will have their rewards with their Lord. No fear for them, nor will they grieve”; 2:62 “Some of the People of the Book believe in God, in what has been sent down to you and in what was sent down to them: humbling themselves before God, they would never sell God’s revelation for a small price. These people will have their rewards with their Lord: God is swift in reckoning”; 3:199 “You [Prophet] are sure to find that the most hostile to the believers are the Jews and those who associate other deities with God ; you are sure to find that the closest in affection towards the believers are those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ for there are among them people devoted to learning and ascetics. These people are not given to arrogance, and when they listen to what has been sent down to the Messenger, you will see their eyes overflowing with tears because they recognize the truth [in it]. They say, ‘Our Lord, we believe, so count us amongst the witnesses. Why should we not believe in God and in the truth that has come down to us when we long for our Lord to include us in the company of the righteous?’ For saying this, God has rewarded them with Gardens graced with flowing streams, and there they will stay: that is the reward of those who do good.” 5:82-85

Hence, the verse “He that chooses a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted of him and in the world to come, he will be one of the lost” cannot be interpreted as shunning off any person who is not a Muslim. The Qur’an simply underlines the fact that there are differences between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity which sets them apart – depending on what the followers of each religion believe. “We have assigned a law and a path to each of you. If God had so willed, He would have made you one community, but He wanted to test you through that which He has given you, so race to do good: you will all return to God and He will make clear to you the matters you differed about.” 5:48

“The Qur’an clearly defines its relationship with earlier scriptures by saying: ‘He has sent the Scripture down to you [Prophet] with the Truth, confirming what went before: He sent down the Torah and the Gospel earlier as a guide for people.’ 3:3-4 ” In ‘Consultation’, it says, “In matters of faith, He has laid down for you [people] the same commandment that He gave Noah, which We have revealed to you [Muhammad] and which We enjoined on Abraham and Moses and Jesus: ‘Uphold the faith and do not divide into factions within it’ – what you [Prophet] call upon the idolaters to do is hard for them; God chooses whoever He pleases for Himself and guides towards Himself those who turn to Him. They divided, out of rivalry, only after knowledge had come to them […]. Those after them, who inherited the Scripture, are in disquieting doubt about it. So [Prophet] call people to that faith and follow the straight path as you have been commanded. Do not go by what they desire, but say, ‘I believe in whatever Scripture God has sent down. I am commanded to bring justice between you. God is our Lord and your Lord – to us our deeds and to you yours, so let there be no argument between us and you – God will gather us together, and to Him we shall return.’ 42:13-14/15 ” “The Qur’an forbids arguing with the People of the Book except in the best way and urges the Muslims to say, ‘We believe in what was revealed to us and in what was revealed to you; our God and your God are one [and the same].’ 29:46 And in another verse, it says, ‘Say, “People of the Book, let us arrive at a statement that is common to us all: we worship God alone, we ascribe no partner to Him, and none of us takes others beside God as Lords.” 3:64’ ” (Haleem, 2004).

Peace be with you