As others have answered, Surah Al-Ahzaab (33), verse number 40 contains it: "O people! Muhammad has no sons among ye men, but verily, he is the Apostle of God and the last in the line of Prophets. And God is Aware of everything" (Surah Al Ahzab, 33:40).
"Last" in Arabic = "Khatam" (also translated as "seal" by some).
I also "THINK" that this verse is another evidence that Muhammad (pbuh) was the last prophet: "Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favors upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as the way of life for you" (Surah Al-Maeda, 5:3). As in, no more prophets and/or Books are to be revealed from God anymore for the message of Islam is 100% complete now.
Edit-- Note to Simon: It doesn't matter how the word "soora" is spelled; some spell it as "Surah", and others spell it as "Soorah" and others as "Sura". Who's wrong and who's right in the spelling does NOT matter. There's only one way to write it in Arabic anyway.
Edit-- Note to Ivri Anokhi: Sura 5:33 is talking about wars being waged for absolutely no logical, honest, real, just reason. When you fight without a just cause, there NEEDS to be a punishment, and what's wrong with that, buddy?
The verse in Surah 47:4 occurs in MANY other places of the Quran as well. In fact, lemme give you a couple of more such instances; how about that?
1. "Slay the pagans wherever you may come upon them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every conceivable place..." (9:5).
2. "O Prophet! Strive hard (lit., make "jihad") against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be adamant with them... " (66:73).
3. "O you who have attained to faith! Fight against those unbelievers who are near you and let them find you adamant, and know that God is with those who are conscious of Him" (9:123).
4. 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."
5. 47:4: "Now when you meet the unbelievers, smite their necks until you overcome them fully..."
Happy? I am :D!
Let's keep ONE very important thing in mind, though, okie? ALL of these verses are OUT OF CONTEXT! And Sura 47 was revealed during the first year of Hijrah (immigration of Muslims from Mecca to Madina, Saudi Arabia) when the Muslims were under *threat of extinction* by invasion from Makkah. Muslims were being killed, and you expect them to have been standing there like little chickens and not defend themselves when it was so crucial??? Give me a BREAK! Give me ONE verse from the Bible, however, that says that you people must NOT fight back when necessary; the fact is, there's no such verse in your Bible, so you'll have no luck.
Sura 8 is about a BATTLE - the Battle of Badr - not just some daily affair. A battles take two side to occur. Are you under the impression that while these 'horrid' Muslims were fighting, the enemies were simply standing there like good little peaceful men?
Sura 9 is interesting. Non-Muslims almost invariably quote verse 5 but leave out verse 4 and 6. Why? Because verse 4 says, "But the treatires are not dissolved with those Pagans with whom you have entered into alliance and who have you 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 verse 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."
Hence, time and again, I either read or hear from people that Islam calls for the murder of "infidels," or all those who are not Muslim. This perception is so pervasive, so entrenched, and I really do not know from where it comes. Yes, there are Muslims who do believe this: 19 of them crashed three planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 of my innocent American brothers and sisters. But, I don't know from where they got this idea. "It is the Qur'an, you idiot!!!" I am quite sure some of you just screamed that to your computer screen. Really? Where? I do not know of one verse which directs the believers to kill all "infidels." Yet, I am constantly reminded of the contrary, such as the verses mentioned above.
These verses have a context, and when understood in their proper context, it will become quite clear that the verses cited above are not a carte blanche for Muslims to kill all non-Muslims. In the Qur'an, the principle of fighting is purely self-defensive. According to all available Traditions, the earliest verses revealed with regards to fighting are these:
"Permission [to fight] is given to those against whom war is being wrongfully waged and, verily, God has indeed the power to succour them; those who have been driven from their homelands against all right for no other reason than their saying, 'Our sustainer is God!'" (22:39-40).
Along with this verse is 2:190, which says:
"And fight in God's cause against those who wage war against you..."
Thus, it is quite clear that fighting is to be done in self-defense. Now, anyone can commit acts of terror and aggression and say, "it's in self-defense." In fact, that is precisely what Al Qaeda is doing: they claim by killing 3,000 people in New York City and Washington, D.C., they are "defending" the Muslim nation against "Zionist and Crusader" aggression against the Muslims. What sheer rubbish!
The Qur'an clearly states, in the remainder of 2:190 it says:
"...but do not commit aggression, for verily, God does not love aggressors."
"Committing aggression" includes killing innocent civilians in Tel Aviv, Beslan, New York, Baghdad, or wherever. Furthermore, when the enemy ceases its hostility, fighting must cease:
"...but if they desist, then all hostility shall cease, save against those who [willfully] do wrong" (2:193).
Another verse repeats this insistence that hostility must cease when the enemy stops its aggression against you:
"But if they [the enemy] incline to peace, incline thou to it as well, and place thy trust in God: verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing! And should they seek but to deceive thee [by their show of peace] - behold, God is enough for thee! He it is who has strengthened thee with His succour, and by giving thee believing followers" (8:61-62).
Thus, even if the enemy is feigning a peaceful posture, the Muslims are still commanded to cease hostility and "place their trust in God." Thus, it is quite clear that fighting is in self-defense, and aggression is not allowed. Now, Muslims have waged wars of aggression in the past, for sure, and they even called them "jihad against the infidels" in order to justify their desire for territorial expansion. In fact, one of the most pertinent examples of this was the Ummayad Dynasty, which enacted a policy of "jihad" as perpetual warfare. But, such a policy is not Islamically correct, and as the collapse of the Ummayad Dynasty showed, not sustainable.
Oh, and why do you anti-Islamic people ignore this very important verse in the Quran??? 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."
Mind showing me just ONE other religion that has a Book that says something SIMILAR???? No, there's no other religion that teaches something similar, ok? Not in their Book at least. Even if its followers claim that their religion is tolerant of all religions. I need evidence from their SCRIPTURE(s).
Sorry, asker, for going on about this, but some anti-Muslims tend to get a bit too carried away with Quranic verses.
Peace and blessings of God be upon everyone, and stop taking verses out of context!
2007-03-04 00:41:22
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