Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
Surah 2 · Verse 216
Fighting is prescribed for you and it is (a matter of) dislike for you. And it is possible that you dislike a thing while it is good for you and it is possible that you love a thing while it is bad for you. And Allah knows and you do not know. (R 26)
“Fighting is a tough thing and is normally not liked by people because of the risk of getting wounded or being killed. But fighting in the way of Allah is good from the point of view of reward. Because of lack of knowledge it is possible that we may dislike a good thing and like a bad thing. The fact is that Allah (SWT) knows and we do not know, therefore the best attitude is to obey Him in everything. Turning people away from the path of Allah (SWT), from the Sacred Mosque, expelling them from it and infidelity are greater sins than fighting during the sacred months. Persecution is a greater sin than slaughter because in slaughter a person dies and the matter ends while in persecution his whole life becomes continuously miserable. The effort of the infidels is to turn away Muslims from Islam by whatever means they can adopt but whoever turns away from Islam and dies as an infidel, then whatever good he had done while a Muslim will become fruitless and he will be punished in the fire, wherein he will stay Contrary to this those who had believed and migrated from Makkah and struggled in the path of Allah (SWT) to establish His religion – Islam, these are the persons who have the right to hope for the mercy of Allah (SWT) in the form of paradise and safety from hell because He forgives sins and is Merciful.”



