Lesson # 541 From Holy Qur’an
Be Careful to Discriminate in War
Surah Nisaaa’ (Women) – Chapter – 4)
Verses – 94 of 176, Section – 13/24 (Part – 5)
O ye who believe!
When ye go forth (to fight) in the Way of Allah, be careful to discriminate,
and say not unto one who offereth you peace: “Thou art not a believer”,
seeking the chance profits of this life (so that ye may despoil him). With
Allah are plenteous spoils. Even thus (as he now is) were ye before; but
Allah hath since then been gracious unto you; therefore take care to
discriminate. Surely Allah is Aware of what ye do.
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Yaaa-‘ayyu-hallaziina ‘aa-manuuu
‘izaa zarab-tum fii
SabiiLillaahi
fata-bayyanuu wa laa
taquuluu liman ‘alqaaa
‘ilay-kumus-salaama lasta Mu’-minaa.
Tab-taguuna ‘arazal-hayaa-tiddunyaa fa-‘indAllaahi magaanimu
kasiirah. Kazaalika kuntum-min-
qablu faman-nAllaahu ‘alaykum
fata-bayyanuu. ‘InnAllaaha kaana
bimaa ta’-maluuna Khabiiraa.
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Lesson
Zarab-tum – (you go forth), this word is from
zaraba, one meaning of which is ‘to beat’, and it has also other meanings which
are ‘to move, to travel’. In this verse, it aims these (second) meanings.
‘Alqaaa – (offering), it means ‘to put an
offer, to say about any matter before someone for his conciliation or making
him to understand, to throw anything towards any person’.
‘Araza – (chance profits, wealth and
goods), here it signifies towards common necessities of life.
Magaanimun - (spoils), having the mastery
over the things without labour, the wealth acquired for nothing and possession
of those things, which have been snatched/taken over from the enemy in war (Maali ganiimat).
Fata-bayyanuu – (Discriminate, inquire,
investigate), it has been derived from bayaan.
Here it means ‘to set up a judgment after necessary investigation and
understanding thoroughly.
It is commanded that ‘when you come out from your houses for fighting,
then you should do nothing without attention and investigation, and whosoever
discloses that he is a Muslim, you should not say him that he is not Muslim
considering that he is pretending only to save his life. And you should not slay
him to get his possessing. What would you do after possession of this a little
wealth? Allaah Almighty will cause to
give you the wealth and equipment of your enemies in huge quantity. There is no
deficiency with Him. Stop your hand from the person at once, who declares with
any method that he is a believer. Before Islam, you used to slay without any
hesitation for getting very little things. Now you have embraced Islam. You
should be careful in each matter. None should be slain from your hands in the
greed of wealth. You have no right to kill that person who has disclosed
himself as Muslim, blaming him that he said himself a Muslim to save his life
only. Allaah Almighty knows the deeds
of all of you very well and only He can decide that who is true and who is liar.
Therefore, you should kill only that person, about whom you are ordered doing
so. You cannot understand that whether he embraced Islam to save his life or really
he is a Believer.
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