The subject.
9:1
A (declaration) of immunity from Allah and His Messenger, to those of the Pagans with whom ye have contracted mutual alliances:-
I.E. the pagans of Mecca. But if you don't believe it.
9:2
Go ye, then, for four months, backwards and forwards, (as ye will), throughout the land, but know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah (by your falsehood) but that Allah will cover with shame those who reject Him.
Why go four months if this is a general prescription? Wouldn't it count for the whole year or for the whole of eternity?
9:3
And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith.
If this Surah is referring to Christians and Jews, why specify pagans. And if this dissolution of treaties is permanent, why is there an existing pact honored to this day and sealed by the Prophet himself? BECAUSE IT'S HISTORIC!
(Also called 'Charter of Privileges': to the monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai.)
"This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them.
No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries
No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.
No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.
Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world)."*
http://www.mpac-ng.org/special_featu...tscovenant.php
9:4
(But the treaties are) not dissolved with those Pagans with whom ye have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous.
Not all treaties, even historically and clearly not all future treaties.
9:6
If one amongst the Pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, so that he may hear the word of Allah; and then escort him to where he can be secure. That is because they are men without knowledge.
And even in battle show mercy to those who ask asylum.
9:13
Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel the Messenger, and took the aggressive by being the first (to assault) you? Do ye fear them? Nay, it is Allah Whom ye should more justly fear, if ye believe!
The subject of the Surah, the pagans of Mecca. Not the Jews and Christians of the 20th century. People who violated the treaty of Hudabiyah and warred against the Muslims. Remember the Battle of the Trench??? Since when is a trench a symbol of aggression? People build trenches to staunch attackers!
9:29
Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
Allah is the God of Moses and Abraham and Noah, the one who brought the flood and created the Earth. Do Jews and Christians believe in God and the last day? But pagans, THE SUBJECT OF THE SURAH do not. Pagans, the pagans of Mecca who worshipped many idols do not. Pagans, the pagans of Mecca who broke the treaty of Hudabiyah do not. Pagans, who threatened to expel Muhammad (SAW) from the Sacred Mosque (the area of the Kaaba in Mecca) do not. They were not JEWISH. Muhammad did not find an ark and a Torah inside the Kaaba. He didn't smash the ark, he smashed idols. They were not Christian! He didn't find a cross on top of the Kaaba.
9:36
The number of months in the sight of Allah is twelve (in a year)- so ordained by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are sacred: that is the straight usage. So wrong not yourselves therein, and fight the Pagans all together as they fight you all together. But know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.
The subject of the Surah is the pagans of Mecca and all the Surah says to do is to fight those among the pagans that break treaties and that attack Muslims. SO STOP LYING ABOUT IT!!!
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