moses wrote on Nov 20
th, 2017 at 4:13pm:
quran 47.4: So, when you meet (fighting Jihad in allah's cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been allah's Will, he himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (he lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the way of allah, he will never let their deeds be lost."
Next you'll be telling me allah doesn't want muzzies to kill people, he was really talking about a grade one exam.
All those dead muzzies are never going to get a houri or a little boy?
They most certainly will not. The Quran is saying here that the deeds of those who die whilst performing a noble deed will be fruitful. An example is Christian martyrs - their deeds were rewarded by the mainstream establishment of Christianity.
Another example is Muhammed's followers who died defending their people. Their deeds were fruitful in establishing Islam.
Surah 47 is not about fighting and dying, but about
doing and
achieving. 47:2:
Quote:And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muhammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition.
47:3:
Quote:That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah present to the people their comparisons.
To understand the Quran, you need to understand faith, devotion and self-renunciation. This passage is similar to what Krishna told Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita. If you do your duty without ego, and with devotion to God, you succeed. As Krishna (God) says to Arjuna (a warrior):
Quote:If you will not fight this righteous war, then you will fail in your duty, lose your reputation, and incur sin. (2.33)
People will talk about your disgrace forever. To the honored, dishonor is worse than death. (2.34)
The great warriors will think that you have retreated from the battle out of fear. Those who have greatly esteemed you will lose respect for you. (2.35)
Your enemies will speak many unmentionable words and scorn your ability. What could be more painful than this? (2.36)
You will go to heaven if killed, or you will enjoy the earth if victorious. Therefore, get up with a determination to fight, O Arjuna. (2.37)
Treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike, engage yourself in your duty. By doing your duty this way you will not incur sin.
The Quran is not about the rules of war, it's about faith and spiritual progress. Muhammed's audience was a besieged people. Read a number of ancient religious texts, and you will get the same message.
All the references to the afterlife are allegorical. Islam does not teach that you
literally receive 72 virgins in paradise, just as Paul's visions in Revelations are not meant to be read as a literal image of the End Times.
Those who believe these things literally - those often called fundamentalists - will be sorely disappointed.
I don't doubt that many people do, but I don't blame the texts themselves for that.