Muslims please help?

Question

Why do some non-Muslims at this site continue to claim The Koran encourages Muslims to kill non-believers?

Let us put this to rest. Can you share some verses that show that this is all nonsense?

Every Muslim I know is kind and filled with faith. It amazes me
that people who have not spent any time whatsoever learning about Islam or The Prophet find it acceptable to spread such ideas...

peace

Answer 1

I'll be glad to do the best I can to answer.

Every single verse in the Qur'an has a specific audience and a specific purpose. For those who are not scholars of Islam, please leave the interpreting of such verses to those who are less ignorant. Pulling random verses from a google search will only further serve to show your lack of knowledge about the subject.

There are three main verses that people use to "point out" violence against non-Muslims in the Qur'an.

Sura 8.12 "Remember thy lord has inspired the angels with the message. Give firmness to the believers and instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers. Smite them above their necks and smite the fingertips of them."

Sura 47.4 "When you encounter the unbelievers, Strike off their heads. Untill you have made a wide slaughter among them tie up the remaining captives."

Sura 9.5 "When the sacred months have passed, kill the idolaters wherever you find them."

However, most people are either unaware or purposely ignore the stories behind each of these verses.

The first one (8.12) is about the battle of Badr, the battle in which the people of Makkah (Mecca) attacked the Muslims living in Madinah.

The second (47.4) was revealed during the first year of Hijrah when the Muslims were under *threat of extinction* by invasion from Makkah.

The third (9.5) is for a time when the pagans who had made treaties with the Muslims broke those treaties and aligned themselves with the enemies of the Muslims.

However, 9.4 says: But the treaties are not dissolved with those Pagans with whom you have entered into alliance and who have subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided anyone against you. So fulfill your engagements with them to the end of their term: for God loves the righteous.

And 9.6 says: If one among the Pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him so that he may hear the Word of God; and then escort him to where he can be secure

9.4 and 9.6 are usually left out by critics of Islam because it shows a kinder side toward the pagans.

Now, here are non-violent verses that show there is no compulsion in Islam.

60:8 Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just.

17:53, 54 And tell my servants that they should speak in a most kindly manner (unto those who do not share their beliefs). Verily, Satan is always ready to stir up discord between men; for verily; Satan is mans foe .... Hence, We have not sent you (Unto men O Prophet) with power to determine their Faith.

2:256 There is no compulsion in religion, for the right way is clearly from the wrong way. Whoever therefore rejects the forces of evil and believes in God, he has taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way, for God is All Hearing and Knowing.

11:28 (Noah to his people) He (Noah) said "O my people! think over it! If 1 act upon a clear direction from my Lord who has bestowed on me from Himself the Merciful talent of seeing the right way, a way which you cannot see for yourself, does it follow that we can force you to take the right path when you definitely decline to take it?

39:41 Assuredly, We have sent down the Book to you in right form for the good of man. Whoso guided himself by it does so to his own advantage, and whoso turns away from it does so at his own loss. You certainly are not their keeper.


Here are the teachings of Muhammad:

"He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest, should not harm his neighbour, should speak good or keep quiet." (Bukhari, Muslim)

"Whoever hurts a Non-Muslim citizen of a Muslim state hurts me, and he who hurts me annoys God." (Bukhari)

"Anyone who kills a Non-Muslim who had become our ally will not smell the fragrance of Paradise." (Bukhari)

Islam is not a carebear religion. It gives you the choice to resort to violence if (and only if) provoked. But if you choose to turn the other cheek, then all the better for you because God forgives those who forgive their transgressors.

Answer 2

I can second that ..however what they are talking about are
the mutant Muslims that take phrases out of context to lie to their subjects ....making it appear to the uninformed that the Koran supports killing and jihad outside of being under siege.they have a jihad of the sword and the higher jihad of ideology but these have been distorted to support another agenda......I believe the origin of AL Qaeda and the division of the black brotherhood were sources of the main stay of false teachings........

Answer 3

Just a few ones I found quickly:

"...Whoso slays a soul not to retaliate for a soul slain, nor for corruption done in the land, should be as if he had slain mankind altogether." (5:32)

"Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just." (60:08)

"And vie with one another to attain to your Sustainer's forgiveness and to a Paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, which awaits the God-conscious, who spend for charity in time of plenty and in time of hardship, and restrain their anger, and pardon their fellow men, for God loves those who do good." (3:133-134)

"Most of their discussions do not contain any good, except of the one who enjoins charity or goodness or peace-making among people; whoever does that to seek the pleasure of Allah - We shall soon give him a great reward" (4:114)


I believe the main problem really is awareness... people have been brain-washed by the media, and no one bothers to do their own research to find out the truth...

Answer 4

It's because Al Qaeda keeps DRILLING it into us that this is WHY they are doing what they are doing. For Allah. So, please tell us then, why are these strict muslims doing this if it ISN'T because of what Allah told them to do in the Koran.

As far as you saying "Every Muslim I know is kind"

Although many are good looking, unfortunately I haven't really met one yet that was kind. They discriminate against women and make us feel like second class citizens and are condescending to with americans, where as hindu's, and other foreigners are not condescending to us.

Answer 5

This place has all kinds of people and promoting their own religion is a fav pasttime of many. So i dont think one can learn a gret deal about religion in here

Answer 6

That's very nice of you :) thank you . But those people are beyond redemption. I mean they are stupid. They blame others because of ignorant

Answer 7

waiting to see the verses

Answer 8

They just don't understand that's why.

Answer 9

try these
2:191, And slay them wherever ye catch them

2:193, And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression

2:216, Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you

3:28, Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah

4:48 “Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed.”

4:84, Then fight in Allah’s cause - Thou art held responsible only for thyself - and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury of the Unbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment.

4:141, And never will Allah grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumphs) over the believers

5:33, The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;

8:12, I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them

8:15-16, O ye who believe! when ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them. If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed)!

8:17, It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou threwest (a handful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah’s: in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself

8:60, Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.

8:65, O Prophet! rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred: if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers

9:5, But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem.

9:3, And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith.

9:14, Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers,

9:23, O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do wrong.

9:28, O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque.

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.

9:39, Unless ye go forth, (for Jihad) He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the least.

9:73, O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed.

9:111, Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur’an

9:123, O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.

22:9, (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to lead (men) astray from the Path of Allah: for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the Day of Judgment We shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).

22:19-22; These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: But those who deny (their Lord),- for them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as (their) skins. In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them. Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be forced back therein, and (it will be said), “Taste ye the Penalty of Burning!”

25:52, So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour.

I ALSO AGREE THAT NOT ALL MUSLIMS ACT ON THESE VERSES, BUT THEY ARE IN THE KORAN NEVER THE LESS AND HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH. IF ONLY 4% WERE TERRORISTS AND THE REST PEACEFUL, THAT WOULD BE 5 MILLION TERRORISTS.