පැටියා;13991878 said:As a muslim your utter ambition is to spread Islamic religion all over the world.
Is that true? I think Jihad refers to that.
It teaches you to fight and kill or arrest non muslims and convert them to your religion
නැ සහෝදරයා.. ජිහාද් කියන තේරුම ඔගොල්ලෝ වැරදි විදිහට තේරුම් අරං ඉන්නේ.. ඒ වගේම තමය් අනිත් දේවලුත්..ජිහාද් කිව්වම යුද්ද කරනේක නෙමෙය්.. දැන් ලංකාවේ එල් ටි ටි ඊ ත්රස්තවාදියෝ.. ඒත් දෙමල මිනිස්සුන්ට උන් තමන්ගේ අය්තිවාසිකම් ඉල්ලලා සටන් කරපු වීරයො.. හැමදේම එහම තමය් යාලුවා.. අපි බලනකෝනෙන් තියෙන්නේ.. ඒත් අත්ත මොනවද දැනගෙන බැලුවොත් තමය් ඒකේ ඇතුලාන්තය අපිට පේන්නේ..
ජිහාද් කියන වචනයේ තේරුම
Jihad is simply the process of “exerting the best efforts,” involving some form of “struggle” and “resistance,” to achieve a particular goal. In other words, jihad is the struggle against, or resistance to, something for the sake of a goal. The meaning of the word is independent of the nature of the invested efforts or the sought goal.
Contrary to common belief, the word “jihad” does not necessarily imply any violent effort, let alone “war” and such instances of extreme violence. It is a general term that can mean violent as well as peaceful actions, depending on the context in which it is used, as we shall indeed see later. Similarly, “jihad” as a generic word can be used even when the sought goals are not Islamic, i.e. in non-religious contexts.
The Qur’an uses the verb of “jihad” in its generic meaning of “exerting the best efforts against something” in the following two verses:
And We have enjoined on man goodness to parents, but if they jahadaka (do jihad against you) to make you associate [a god] with Me, of which you have no knowledge [being a god], do not obey them. To Me is your return [O people!], so I shall inform you of your past deeds (29.8).
And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents; his mother bears him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years; and that [you must] be grateful to Me and to both your parents. To Me is the eventual coming (31.14). And if they jahadaka (do jihad against you) to make you associate [a god] with Me, of which you have no knowledge [being a god], do not obey them, but keep company with them in this world kindly; and follow the way of he who turns to Me. Then to Me is your [O people!] return, then I shall inform you of your past deeds (31.15).
Jihad in the verses above refers to actions taken by non-Muslim parents against their Muslim offspring to force them to worship other than Allah. This goal goes against the message of Islam which teaches the oneness of God, Allah; obviously this kind of jihad is not Islamic. The verses above also confirm the already mentioned fact that jihad is not necessarily an act of violence.
It is worth noting that the verses above command the Muslims to remain kind and caring toward their parents, but to resist any attempt by the latter to force them to give up the Islamic tenet of monotheism in favor of some polytheistic belief.
