The Meaning of "Jihad"

Submitted by Jacob (United States), Jan 3, 2003 at 11:22

Source: "The Noble Qur'an" In the English Language translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali,Published by Al Haramain Islamic Foundation

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On page 70 and commenting on verse 190 of Surah No. 2 (Al Baqarah "The Cow") we read the follwoing:

"Al-Jihad (Holy Fighting) in Allah's cause (With full force of numbers and weaponry) is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars (on which it stands). By Jihad Islam is established, Allah's Word is made superior, (His Word being La ilaha illallah whiche means none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) and His religion (Islam) is propagated. By Abandoning Jihad (may Allah protect us from that) Islam is destroyed and the Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honour is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim, and he who tries to escape from this duty or not in his innermost heart wish to fulfil this duty, dies with one of the qualities of a hypocrite"

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