For our dear Michel and bogus Arabic and chewing bubble gum! part trois

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Mar 8, 2007 at 05:52

My dear Michel who knows no Arabic and still have the audacity and chutzpah to debate the meaning of the word: Jihad.

Now we switch to the Qur'an and for this see Malik's examination of the doctrine of Jihad (holy war) in his book "Kitab al-Jihad" and this is circa 9th century and for a recent examination of what is really jihad? You can read Sayyid Qutb's analysis in "Ma3alim fi al-Tariq" and it is clear from examination of the Qur'an and based on the doctrine of al-nasikh wa al-mansukh (oh do not panic this means the doctrine of aborgation. You see your Allah was in the habit of changing his mind) the coner stones of Jihad or holy war in the Qur'an have been the following verses:

1. Ayat al-sayf or the sword verse or Q9:4

2. Ayat al-qital or the fighting verse or 2:216 and I would also add Q9:29

Et voila my dear Michel this is indeed what is really the word Jihad is all about! Notice that it is also descirbed as al-harb al-muqadassa or, and you guessed it, holy war aka Jihad.

And do you see why we have to beat Muslims at their own game by reading the Muslim sources in Arabic!

As for the "small jihad" and the "big jihad" aka internal struggle" This is nothing but poor command of Arabic grammar and a big difference between the words: Jihad (holy war) and Ijtihad (or striving to improve).

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