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From Rags to Riches, From Preacher to Despot

There are many contradictory verses in the Quran that can be quite confusing. This ambiguity allows Muslims to have their personalized “divine guidance” based on their own preferences and apply the Quran differently in different situations. Those who like tolerance or want to present Islam as a tolerant religion can quote those parts of the Quran that advocate tolerance, while the hardliners, the fundamentalists and even the terrorists can quote those parts of the Quran that foment hate and violence. Therefore ironically everyone can find what he is looking for in that book. And they call this the "miracle" of the Quran!

Let us compare the both sides of the Quran:

In Surah 73:10 God tells Mohammad to be patient with his opponents, "Be patient with what they say, and part from them courteously". While in Surah 2:191 he orders his messenger to kill his opponents, "kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from wherever they drove you out." In Surah 2:256 God tells Mohammad not to impose Islam by force, "There is no compulsion in religion", Then again in verse 193 He says kill whoever rejects Islam, "Fight them until there is no persecution and the religion is God's". In Surah 29:46 God tells Mohammad to speak nicely to people of the Book (Christians and Jews), "Argue with people of the book, other than evil doers, only by means of what are better! and say, we believe in what has been sent down to us and sent down to you. Our God is the same as your God, and we are surrendered to Him." But in Surah 9:29 Allah tells him to fight the people of the Book, "Fight those who do not believe in God and the last day... and fight People of the Book, who do not accept the religion of truth (Islam) until they pay tribute by hand, being inferior".

What is the justification for this discrepancy in the Quran and the change in Allah's mood from peaceful to militant and conciliatory to confrontational? Muslim apologists in the West present the kinder verses of the Quran or what is known as the Early Revelation. While Islamic scholars, when have only Muslims as their audience, say that those softer verses of the Quran were abrogated and supplanted by harsher ones. The reason given is, as Al Maududi puts it, "Mohammad became strong enough to move from the stage of weakness to the stage of Jihad".

For 13 years Muhammad preached in Mecca but less than 100 people accepted him. Meccans preferred Al Nadir, another storyteller to him. Muhammad’s irreverence to their gods angered them. So he established himself in Medina where he found more attentive ears. His followers also joined him and he called them immigrants. At first they were poor and used to work as journeymen in palm plantations that belonged to the Jew of Medina. They used to give some of their food to Muhammad, who often dined on nothing but a few dates. Muhammad found this situation unbearable and started raiding the merchant caravans that were carrying goods from Damascus to Mecca. One of these raids that took place at Badr was a big success which brought him a lot of booty. Then he planned other highway robberies. He distributed the booty, including women, among those who took part in the battles and kept 20% for himself. He even made money by taking the passengers of the Caravan as hostages and asking ransom for their release or kill them. He assured his followers that if they fall in these battles, they will get more rewards in Paradise. Gradually his fortunes changed. He was no more a weak neglected preacher but a marauding chieftain who commanded absolute power over his followers. With this change of fortune Muhammad's message also changed.

Here is a comparison between some early verses he wrote in Mecca while weak and some that he wrote in Medina after becoming powerful.

 

Meccan Early Revelations

Medinan Later Revelations

73:10

Be patient with what they say, and part from them courteously

2:191

kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from wherever they drove you out

5:28

If thou dost stretch thy hand against me, to slay me, it is not for me to stretch my hand against thee to slay thee: for I do fear Allah, the cherisher of the worlds.

9:123

Oh ye who believe! Murder those of the disbelievers and let them find harshness in you.

2:83

Speak good to men...

9:5

Slay the idolaters wherever you find them

20:103

Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly) the praises of thy Lord,

8:12

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

50:45

We well know what the infidels say: but you are not to compel them

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

5:69

Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness,- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

9:29

Fight those who do not believe in God and the last day... and fight People of the Book, who do not accept the religion of truth (Islam) until they pay tribute by hand, being inferior"

109:6

To you be your religion, and to me my religion"

3:85

Whoso desires another religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him; in the next world he shall be among the losers."

2:62

Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabeans,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

9:30

The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!

10:99

If it had been thy Lord's Will, they would all have believed, all who are on earth! Wilt thou then compel mankind against their will to believe!

5:11

And as for those who disbelieve and reject Our Signs, they are the people of Hell"

29:45

Argue with people of the book, other than evil doers, only by means of what are better! and say, we believe in what has been sent down to us and sent down to you. Our God is the same as your God, and we are surrendered to Him.

9:28

O you who believe! Verily, the Mushrikűn (unbeleivers) are Najasun (impure). So let them not come near Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah) after this year, …”

2:256

There is no compulsion in religion

2:193

Fight them on until there is no more tumult and religion becomes that of Allah

15:85

Pardon thou, with a gracious pardoning....

14:17

Before him is Hell; and he shall be made to drink boiling water.

31:15

But if they strive to make thee join in worship with Me things of which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company in this life with justice (and consideration), and follow the way of those who turn to me (in love): in the end the return of you all is to Me, and I will tell you the truth (and meaning) of all that ye did.

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;

6:108

and insult not (Revile not) those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus we made alluring to each people its own doings. In the end they return to their Lord, and we shall then tell them the truth of all that they did

22:19-22

But as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them; boiling fluid will be poured down on their heads, Whereby that which is in their bellies, and their skins too, will be melted; And for them are hooked rods of iron. Whenever, in their anguish, they would go forth from thence they are driven back therein and (it is said unto them): Taste the doom of burning.

5:82

Thou wilt find the nearest of them in love to the believers (Muslims) are those who say 'We are Christians'

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.

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.

25:52

So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavor.

17:53

Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that are best: for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: For Satan is to man an avowed enemy.

66:9

O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Hell will be their home, a hapless journey's end.

43:88,89

O Lord, these are people who do not believe,’ Bear with them and wish them ‘peace.’ In the end they shall know their folly.

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.

50:45

We know of best what they say; and you (O Muhammad SAW) are not a tyrant over them (to force them to Belief). But warn by the Qur'ân, him who fears My Threat.

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

49.11

O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former):

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. except by way of precaution, that ye may guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (to fear) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.

5.48

If Allah had so willed, He would have made you a single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues

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

45.14

Tell those who believe, to forgive those who do not look forward to the Days of Allah: It is for Him to recompense (for good or ill) each People according to what they have earned.

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.

 

Show patience to the pagans...20:130

   
 

Be patient with the evil doers...38:15-17

   
 

Don't be in a haste to fight...19:83, 84

   
 

Be patient with the unbelievers (pagans); God's way will prevail...20:134, 135

   
 

Mohammad is not sent to dispose of people's affairs...17:54

   
 

God guides those whom He pleases; rewards will be in paradise...10:25, 26

   
 

It is not God's job to see if people believe the truth or not...6:104

   
 

Turn away from those rejecting faith and proclaim peace on them...43:88, 89

   
 

Invite the unbelievers (pagans) with beautiful preaching and gracious arguments; be patient and do not retaliate...16:125, 126

   
 

Leave the unbelievers (pagans) alone...23:54

   
 

Repeal evil with good deeds...23:96

   
 

Leave the unbelievers alone and wait in patience for God to punish them...52:45, 47, 48

   
 

Mohammad is only a warner and not an enforcer...67:26

   
       
       
       
       

 

This dichotomy is explained by some Muslim scholars.

Dr. Muhsin Khan the translator of Sahih Bukhari and the Quran into English writes:

"Allah revealed in Sura Bara'at (Repentance, IX) [the order to discard (all) obligations (covenants, etc), and commanded the Muslims to fight against all the Pagans as well as against the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) if they do not embrace Islam, till they pay the Jizya (a tax levied on the Jews and Christians) with willing submission and feel themselves subdued (as it is revealed in 9:29). So the Muslims were not permitted to abandon "the fighting" against them (Pagans, Jews and Christians) and to reconcile with them and to suspend hostilities against them for an unlimited period while they are STRONG and have the ability to fight against them. So at first "the fighting" was forbidden, then it was permitted, and after that it was made obligatory "[ Dr. Muhsin Khan Introduction to English translation of Sahih Bukhari, p.xxiv.]

Q 9:5 reads: "Slay the idolaters wherever you find them"

According to Dr. M. Khan, in Q. 9:5 Allah ordered Mohammad to cancel all covenants and to fight the pagans, the Jews and even the Christians. This verse is in contrast to what Muhammad wrote earlier.

"Thou wilt find the nearest of them in love to the believers [Muslims} are those who say 'We are Christians'" (Q. 5:82)

Dr. Khan continues:

The "Mujahideen who fight against the enemies of Allah in order that the worship should be all for Allah (alone and not for any other deity) and that the word is Allah's (ie. none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and His religion Islam) should be upper most."

So first it was “There is no compulsion in religion” (Q. 2:265) and then

"O who believe! shall I direct you to a commerce that which will save you from a painful torment? That you believe in Allah and His Apostle (Mohammad), and that you strive hard and fight in the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That will be better for you, if you but knew. If you do so He will forgive you your sins, and admit you into gardens of Eternity - that is the great success" (Q. 61:10-12)

Dr. Sobhy as-Saleh, a contemporary academic, does not see in Q. 2:256 and Q. 9:73 a case of abrogation but a case of delaying or postponing the command to fight the infidels. To support his view he quoted Imam Suyuti the author of Itqan Fi 'Ulum al- Qur'an who wrote:

“The command to fight the infidels was DELAYED UNTIL THE MUSLIMS BECOME STRONG, but when they were weak they were commanded to endure and be patient. [ Sobhy as_Saleh, Mabaheth Fi 'Ulum al- Qur'an, Dar al-'Ilm Lel-Malayeen, Beirut , 1983, p. 269.]

Dr. Sobhy, in a footnote, commends the opinion of a scholar named Zarkashi who said:

"Allah the most high and wise revealed to Mohammad in his weak condition what suited the situation, because of his mercy to him and his followers. For if He gave them the command to fight while they were weak it would have been embarrassing and most difficult, but when the most high made Islam victorious He commanded him with what suited the situation, that is asking the people of the Book to become Muslims or to pay the levied tax, and the infidels to become Muslims or face death. These two options, to fight or to have peace return according to the strength or the weakness of the Muslims."[ibid p. 270]

And Nahas writes:

"the scholars differed concerning Q. 2:256. (There is no compulsion if religion) Some said: 'It has been abrogated [cancelled] for the Prophet compelled the Arabs to embrace Islam and fought them and did not accept any alternative but their surrender to Islam. The abrogating verse is Q. 9:73 'O Prophet, struggle with the unbelievers and hypocrites, and be thou harsh with them.' Mohammad asked Allah the permission to fight them and it was granted. Other scholars said Q. 2:256 has not been abrogated, but it had a special application. It was revealed concerning the people of the Book [the Jews and the Christians]; they can not be compelled to embrace Islam if they pay the Jizia (that is head tax on free non-Muslims under Muslim rule). It is only the idol worshippers who are compelled to embrace Islam and upon them Q. 9:73 applies. This is the opinion of Ibn 'Abbas which is the best opinion due to the authenticity of its chain of authority."[ al-Nahas, An-Nasikh wal-Mansukh, p.80. See also Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi, A-Nnasikh wal-Mansukh, Dar al-Kotob al-'Elmeyah, birute, 1986, p.42.]

Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi writes:

"Fight in the way of God with those who fight with you, but aggress not: God loves not the aggressors (2:190)" On the authority of Ga'far ar-Razi from Rabi' Ibn 'Ons, from 'Abil-'Aliyah who said: This is the first verse that was revealed in the Qur'an about fighting in the Madina. When it was revealed the prophet used to fight those who fight with him and avoid those who avoid him, until Sura 9 was revealed. And so is the opinion of 'Abd ar-Rahman Ibn Zayd Ibn 'Aslam who said this verse was cancelled by 9:5 "Slay the idolaters wherever you find them"[ bn Hazm al-Andalusi, An-Nasikh wal- Mansukh, Dar al-Kotob al-'Elmeyah, birute, 1986, P.27]

Muhammad demanded from his followers to wage war against people of their own kin. And to justify his killing sprees he said, “oppression is worse than killing”. The following verse was revealed to incite the immigrants to kill their fellow Meccans because they oppressed them forcing them to leave Mecca .

You may kill those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder. Do not fight them at the Sacred Masjid, unless they attack you therein. If they attack you, you may kill them. This is the just retribution for those disbelievers. Q. 2:191

In fact the Qurashis were not sympathetic to Muslims. They mocked and teased them but never killed anyone for accepting Islam. The reason for this loss of love was due to the fact that Muhammad was making sacrilege of their gods and was disrespectful of their beliefs. The reaction of the Meccans was justifiable and normal.

What did Muhammad do to those who mocked HIM? He was not a man who could tolerate criticisms. Abu `Afak, a 120 year old man and `Asma' Bint Marwan a nursing single mother of 5 were assassinated by Muhammad’s orders for composing poems that Muhammad found offensive.

Muhammad said that oppression is worse than killing. Apart from the fact that this statement is absurd, he himself instructed his followers to be harsh and oppressive when dealing with the non-believers.

Q. 9: 123
Oh ye who believe! Murder those of the disbelievers and let them find harshness (qilzat) in you.

However, as the facts stands the non-believers did not attack the Muslims. It was the Muslims who attacked Mecca, the Jews and other nonbelievers. Was it the Persians who raided the Muslims? Was it India that was preventing the Arabs from worshiping Allah? Did Spain come to fight against the Muslims?

Muhammad said anyone who does not believe in him must be killed. But he spared the lives of the Christians and the Jews provided they pay a penalty tax. In Keibar he exacted 50% of all the crops produced by the Jews from their own lands that he confiscated in exchange for their lives. Is this not oppression? The Quran is unequivocal when it comes to oppressing the non-believers.

Q.9: 29
"Fight those who do not believe in God and the last day... and fight People of the Book, who do not accept the religion of truth (Islam) until they pay tribute by hand, being inferior"

Muslims who claim that Islam is a religion of peace and quote the Quranic verses where Muhammad reminds that Allah is the Merciful and Forgiving, when shown these verses of Quran and the bloody legacy of the Prophet's wars and plunders, change their tactic and boast that “Yes, Islam countenances the use of violence under certain defined circumstances”, as an Islamic apologist wrote to me.

What are those “defined conditions”? Let us make it clear that we are not talking about using force against common criminals, murderers or rapists. We are talking about violence against innocent people who do not accept Muhammad’s claim to prophecy and prefer to worship their own god, in their own way or worship none if they choose so.

 

 

One question that I was never able to get an answer for is: if Allah wants to kill the unbelievers, why he dose not do it himself? It should be easy for him to kill them, maim them, burn them, and strike them with all sorts of disasters and calamities to satisfy his vengeful nature and bloodthirsty mood. Why instead he asks his messenger and his zealot devotees to do his dirty work? Is it perhaps that he is incapable to do it on his own? Or is it that he is no god at all but the figment of Muhammad’s mind, a convenient scarecrow that would give the self acclaimed prophet unlimited power to plunder, rape and govern the lives and minds of those ignorant barbarians who believed in his lies?

Muhammad claimed that the disbelief in Allah was the greatest crime punishable by death. Who benefited from this? He was the only contact between Allah and his followers. Disobedience to him meant disobedience to God. Would really God care if people believed in Him or not? What does he get out it? Would really God’s self esteem be hurt if these primates of the Earth did not recognize and praised him? Would he really be so offended that he would burn people eternally? That is an absurd preposition. But it gave Muhammad the same power as God to do anything he wished with no one to question him. He got the carte blanche to kill anyone, to demand his followers to go and fight even their own fathers, relatives and friends and bring 20% of the booty to him. It gave him the right to have sex with any number of women and choose the youngest and the prettiest of the captive women for himself. The more he exalted Allah the more his power grew. Allah was no one but his own alter ego. He was an alibi that empowered a power hungry man to rise from poverty to absolute dominance and make him even dream of conquering the great kingdoms of Persia and Byzantine and China.


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Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight - are dearer to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious. Q.9: 24

He was no teacher of morality. Goodness or virtues had no meaning to Muhammad. His only preoccupation was making people submit their wills to his Allah, whom no one had access to except him. The more dreadful he painted his god, the more control he could exert over his followers. Allah was the other self of a control freak narcissist man hungry for power and adulation. His obsession to subdue people into accepting his god was such that he promised even the adulterers and thieves a place in Paradise if they accepted him while those who would not accept him would be burned in Hell even if they led a saintly life.

Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 54, Number 445
Narrated Abu Dhar:
The Prophet said, "Gabriel said to me, 'Whoever amongst your followers die without having worshipped others besides Allah, will enter Paradise (or will not enter the (Hell) Fire)." The Prophet asked. "Even if he has committed illegal sexual intercourse or theft?" He replied, "Even then."

This is even confirmed in Quran:

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.”

Of course it goes without saying that those who murder innocent people for him in the name of Allah would go straight to paradise.

How could any fair-minded person accept this nonsense? How is it possible that people do not stop for a minute to think about the whole thing? Why we don’t ask ourselves simple questions, like:

Why God NEEDS to be known?

If He is so desperate to be known, why he dose not reveal Himself to everyone just the way he revealed himself to his prophet?

Why he plays hide and seek and then punishes those who fail to find him?

Why his messenger acted so ruthlessly and lived such an immoral life as to cast doubt on his integrity and truthfulness?

Why his words in the Quran are so contrary to science, logic and commonsense?

These are simple yet important questions that every Muslim must ask himself. We are not sheep. We are humans endowed with a brain and it is up to us to use it.

 

The Hate Mongering Prophet

As Muhsin Khan says: “So at first the fighting was forbidden, then it was permitted, and after that it was made obligatory”

After the arrival in Medina Muhammad put in march his plans. His tone changed and his lovey dovey verses of tolerance turned into call for murder.

Muhammad lost no opportunity to threaten the merchant caravans which passed through Hejaz. The Meccan’s livelihood depended on their trade with Syria. Their trade with Yeman and Taif was of lesser importance. But as the raid in Nakhla proved even those routs were not safe. Muslims did not even respect the sacredness of the forbidden months and sacrilegiously had murdered a man, stolen properties and took as hostage and threatened to kill two innocent men.

Despite this open hostility by Muhammad and his cohorts the Quraish did not retaliate. This proved to be a fatal mistake. This same mistake was committed by Chamberlain the Prime Minister of England vis-ŕ-vis Hitler’s aggressions. His misguided policies of appeasement emboldened the Nazis which gave them the green light to expand their hostilities and invade the Europe. Sixty million lives were lost because Chamberlain did not take a firm stance against Hitler. Perhaps in this, there is an example for us.

Muhammad felt encourage to increase the hostilities. The Quranic verses “revealed” in that period of time were in sharp contrast with those preachings of Mecca.

At Medina the Divine command to fight against the Unbelievers of Mecca was promulgated. Not just the Meccan immigrants but also the Muslims of Medina were encouraged to join in these raids and robberies.

Revenge was one factor, but that was not all that consumed Muhammad. He had megalomaniac dreams and grandiose ideas. Attacks on the Meccans were just a stepping stone. As we can see, soon he moved to other target and extended his aggression towards anyone who would not submit to him demands at once.

 

 

The following are the earliest passages on the subject :

To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged;- and verily, Allah is most powerful for their aid;-

They are) those who have been expelled from their homes in defiance of right,- (for no cause) except that they say, "our Lord is Allah". Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure. Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause);- for verily Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (able to enforce His Will). 22.39,40

In these verses Muhammad is encouraging the Meccan immigrants to fight their own people because they have been expelled from their homes. This of course was not the case because as we saw earlier, the Meccans did not expel anyone. In fact some even went after their relatives to make them return by force if necessary. The Muslims left Mecca on their own volition and because Muhammad ordered them to. He even threatened them with hell if they did not leave and asked his followers to kill each other if anyone among them decides to return.

Yet here Muhammad is blaming the Meccans for this forced immigration and tries to rouse his followers to take revenge. Something that we cannot understand is that even if these eighty or so Muslims were indeed forced by the Meccans to emigrate, how this could justify the raids at the caravans? The goods in those caravans did not necessarily belong to the very people who allegedly persecuted the Muslims. Suppose you are mistreated in a city by some individuals, does it justify taking your revenge from any citizen of that city?

Unfortunately this idiosyncrasy has not left the Muslims. Even today the Islamic terrorists use the same logic when they bomb buildings, metros and discothčques. If they perceive a country has been unfriendly to them they consider it justifiable to kill the citizens of that country for payback.

The above verse, (permission is given to fight….22:39) was the verse Osama Bin Laden chose to start his letter to America. Can we say Islam has nothing to do with Islamic terrorism?

My intent is to prove that every action of the Muslim terrorists today is inspired by what Muhammad did or say 1400 years ago. That to understand where the terrorists come from we have to understand who Muhammad was, what he said and what he did.

So first it was revenge. But the Meccans were only a handful and Muhammad needed the help of the Muslims of Medina whom he called “Ansar” (the helpers).

The subsequent verses are directed at all the Muslims. They are addressed to the immigrants but also the Ansar are called upon to fight “in the cause of Allah”:

Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors.

And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith.

But if they cease, Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression. 2.190-193

These verses make one to believe that Muslims were under the siege and were defending themselves from the aggression of the Quraish. However, there were no attacks from the Quraish. These verses were written down to encourage the Muslims to attack Mecca. The Muslims were the aggressors not the Quraish. So what is the meaning of “do not transgress the limit” and “let there be no hostility except those who practice oppression”?

These verses sound as if those raids were acts of self defense. But that was not the case. These are all psychological games that Muhammad played to pretend standing on higher moral grounds and justify those attacks.

An identical manipulative game is now played by the Islamic terrorists who claim to be oppressed and persecuted to justify their dastardly attacks at innocent people. In his letter to America Osama Bin Laden justifies his terrorism saying “Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.

If a thousand years from now, someone totally unfamiliar with world history came across Bin Laden’s letter and find this sentence, he might conclude that may be America was indeed oppressing the Muslims and attacking them.

Muslims destroyed all their opponents and they are the ones who wrote the history. This history that we have is the history written by the victor. It is a biased story. Despite that we can see the inconsistencies and contradictions that lead us to believe, what the Quran says must be taken with a big grain of salt.

Naturally people did not want to make war. Believing in Allah is one thing but killing people for it is something else. Even today there are Muslims who like to believe in Allah but do not to fight and kill for their belief. For them Muhammad brought the following verse:

Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not. 2:216

Is really warfare and fighting good for us?

Muhammad not only encouraged his followers to wage war for him “in the way of Allah” but also he urged them to pay for the expenditure of those wars.


And spend of your wealth in the cause of Allah, and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah loveth those who do good. 2.195

Note how Muhammad associates “doing good” with acts of war. This has psychological effects on the believers. People want to do good and please God. So Muhammad makes believe that paying for his warfare and acts of terrorism are doing good.

Today those Muslims who cannot fight personally contribute to Islamic “charities”. Those “charities” are not to build hospitals, orphanages or senior housings in Islamic countries. They are to build madrassas, train terrorists and finance terrorism.

Sometimes he would get angry and ask what is wrong with you that you do not pay.

And what cause have ye why ye should not spend in the cause of Allah?- For to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. Not equal among you are those who spent (freely) and fought, before the Victory, (with those who did so later). Those are higher in rank than those who spent (freely) and fought afterwards. But to all has Allah promised a goodly (reward). And Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do. 57.10

He cleverly equated the money that Muslims expend in his warfare to a loan given to God:

Who is he that will Loan to Allah a beautiful loan? for (Allah) will increase it manifold to his credit, and he will have (besides) a liberal Reward. 57.11

And sweetened the deal even more to make it irresistible:

One Day shalt thou see the believing men and the believing women- how their Light runs forward before them and by their right hands: (their greeting will be): "Good News for you this Day! Gardens beneath which flow rivers! to dwell therein for aye! This is indeed the highest Achievement!" 57.12

He makes examples of how much reward the believers get if they finance his expeditions.

The parable of those who spend their substance in the way of Allah is that of a grain of corn: it groweth seven ears, and each ear Hath a hundred grains. Allah giveth manifold increase to whom He pleaseth: And Allah careth for all and He knoweth all things. 2.261

Yet at the same time Muhammad feels uneasy when some remind him that they had contributed to his cause. Nor he likes people showing off their injuries to him lest they get the impression that they have done a favor to him.

Those who spend their substance in the cause of Allah, and follow not up their gifts with reminders of their generosity or with injury,-for them their reward is with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. 2.262

Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity followed by injury. Allah is free of all wants, and He is Most-Forbearing. 2.263

O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be seen of men, but believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. They are in parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil: on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it (Just) a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah guideth not those who reject faith. 2.264

This is all part of the narcissist way of thinking of Muhammad. A pathological narcissist truly believes that he is special and because he is special he is entitled to receive favors from others but he does not have to thank them for their services. Muhammad found a perfect way to make others what he wished even to the extent of sacrificing their lives for him and his cause without having to thank them at all. All he had to do is to give them empty promises of an afterlife and in this indeed he was most generous. It is like giving someone a huge postdated check for his services that only he can cash it after his death. Empty promises that fooled so many and still keeps fooling so many! Indeed mankind has not yet matured. We are living in our infancy. It is mind-boggling when one sees how a charlatan and a mentally infirm managed to fool billions of people - BILLIONS! It is amazing.

Behold, ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in the Way of Allah: But among you are some that are niggardly. But any who are niggardly are so at the expense of their own souls. But Allah is free of all wants, and it is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (from the Path), He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would not be like you! 47.38

More exhortation to give money:

Believe in Allah and His messenger, and spend out of the whereof He has made you heirs. For, those of you who believe and spend,- for them is a great Reward. 57.7

See also 63.10.

These verses explain why so many Islamic charities have been caught financing terrorist organizations. You may think that charity and financing terrorism are two diametrically opposed concepts. But such distinction is not clear in the mind of Muslims. The Islamic charity is also meant to support the warfare “in the cause of Allah”. To us this is terrorism but to a Muslim it is Jihad.

Thus war in the cause of Allah became an ordinance of Islam, binding upon all the believers. Although revenge was used to rouse the immigrants against their own people, the real intent was to fight "until the religion became the Lord's alone."

Some of the believers were timorous of fighting. They might have thought that perhaps killing and looting is not really what Allah wants and Muhammad is doing that for his own self. But Muhammad always had his god ready to reveal for him any verse that would server him best. So this verse was “revealed” propitiously.

And those who believe say: If only a surah were revealed! But when a decisive surah is revealed and war is mentioned therein, thou seest those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with the look of men fainting unto death. Therefore woe unto them! 47:20

This verse shows that at lease some of the believers were reluctant to make war and Muhammad had to twist their arms by saying there was a disease in their hearts and woe to them if they do not obey.

These verses tell us one thing and that is Islam is essentially a belligerent religion and it can’t be reformed. As long as people believe in Islam and think that Quran is the word of God, Islamic fundamentalism always wins. Those who call for reform, tolerance and “dialogue of civilizations” are easily silenced by the authority of the Quran.

Many verses were written to rouse the believers to wage war.

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

For those who were killed in battles, paradise is guaranteed:

"They who have gone into Exile for the cause of God, and then have been slain, or have died, WE shall certainly nourish these with an excellent provision: For God is the best Provider. He will surely grant unto them an Entrance such as they will approve: For God is Knowing and Gracious."

At the same time Muhammad did not want his follower to assume that he and the success of his cause depended on their sacrifices. So after instructing his followers to smite at the necks of the disbeliever and after they have thoroughly subdued them, have bond them firmly, etc he says:

Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been Allah's Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their deeds be lost. 47.4

So in other words God could kill the unbelievers without the help of the believers but he let them do it so he can test their faith.

It makes us wonder whether God is a mafia godfather that tests the devotion of his men asking them to kill for him. But if the Muslims stop thinking that there was a God directing Muhammad they can easily see that this man was indeed a gangster godfather.

What kind of god is this that would test the faith of his believers with their ruthlessness and brutality?

 

And somewhat later:--

"Prepare against them what force ye can, of your ability, and troops of horse, that ye may thereby strike terror into the enemy of God and your enemy, and into others besides them; ye know them not, but God knoweth them. And what thing soever ye contribute in the cause of God, it shall be made good unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly."

No one can describe Islam better to us than a Muslim, and who better than Ayatollah Khomeini who spearheaded an Islamic revolution in Iran and kick started the Islamic zealotry around the world.

These words were announced by Khomeini in 1981 at the celebration of the birth of Muhammad.

 

 

 

 

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