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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Juziers" data-source="post: 3946355" data-attributes="member: 153709">Hi sri lion, I admire your keenness to gain knowledge about islam through the holy texts. The only thing is, you won't understand these verses correctly if you don't refer to how these verses are explained in the exegesis. That means most of the Quranic verses are associated to a precise situation which, if you don't know, you'll never get the meaning. As for the verse 8:60 This verse refers to the battle of 'Badr', the first in Islam. Battles are devided into two categories, namely 'defensive battles' and 'offensive battles'. 'Badr' was a case of a defensive battle. After muslims being harrased, tortured and some executed in the early years of Islam, The Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) got the order to defend the muslim community from the hands of their enemies. Until this point, the muslims never reacted hatredly inspite of all barbaric acts they were subjected to. By this verse Allah gave them the signal to defend themselves by spending(the early muslims were poor in their majority) and participating. As for verse 8;65 Still we are in the context of the 'Badr' war. The muslims in whole were not more than 313 fighters. The Quraish enemies were more than 1000 well trained and armed fighters. The enemies counted more than 700 cavalrymen whereas the muslims didn't exceed a dozen. So you clearly observe the unbalance of power. Allah provided this verse as a moral encouragement. As for verse 8;66 This verse was revealed after the battle was over(with the victory of the muslims which Allah provided by sending Angels to battle by their side), to lighten the future burdens. That's why the verse reads hundred for two hundred and not hundred for thousand enemies as in the previous verse. As for verse 8;15 This verse was sent well before the 'Badr' battle to encourage muslims not to turn back compairing their unbalanced armies. As for verse 4;76 This verse is the reply for some early muslims who feared battle when they got the order to battle to defend themselves and said " what! we're ordered to battle ?" As you see my friend, All the verses which you refer are for the same defensive battle. Defending oneself, his family, his dignity, his property and his country is universaly accepted human rights(Geneva chart for human rights). I hope you got the point.Thank you</blockquote>

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