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On misconceived Jehad

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lundi 11 juillet 2005 [n° 207]

‘Permission to fight is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged. And Allah indeed has power to help those who have been driven out of their homes unjustly only for saying “Our Lord is Allah.” And if Allah did not repel some men by means of others, cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques would have been pulled down wherein the name of Allah is oft remembered. And Allah will surely help him who helps Allah. Allah is indeed Powerful, Mighty.’

(Al-Hajj 40-1)


“God has heard the wailing of those who were wronged by killing and displacement. They are permitted to defend themselves. God is all Powerful to help the persecuted.”

(Al-Hajj 40-41)

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The best form of Jehad is Jehad with the Quran (25:53), and not Jehad with the sword

“It would have been infinitely better had Muslims sought their prosperity not in misconceived Jehad, but in the virtues and skills which make for the success of nations. By subscribing to a misconceived Jehad they defame Islam and harm their interests. If a nation indulges in political warfare in the guise of religion, it only drives other nations into united hostility against it. The other nations begin to feel insecure. When international conflicts arrest imulated by religious differences, the state with the largest amount of goodwill for others is not immune from attack by an external enemy. When states are divided over religion, each is afraid of the others. Good behavior and goodwill are then of no avail. These virtues may avert a political war but not religious war. In short, we do not deny but affirm, the importance of Jehad. We deny only a wrong interpretation of it, which has done incalculable harm to Islam. The future of Muslims, in our view, depends on how far they succeed in understanding the true meaning of Jehad. If they are able to realize that the best form of Jehad is Jehad with the Quran (25:53), and not Jehad with the sword, if they recognize that difference of religion provides no sanction for violence against the lives or property or honor of others (Quran, 4:91, 2:191, 60:90), their minds and outlook will undergo a wholesome change, a change which will take them nearer to the right path. Then they will be acting on a verse of the Holy Quran which says: ‘And it is not righteousness that you come into houses by the backs thereof; but truly righteous is he who fears Allah. And you should come into houses by the doors thereof and fear Allah that you may prosper.’ (Al-Baqarah, 190)

From Invitation to Ahmadiyyat,
Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, Boston and Henley, 1980,
pp. 52-58

Ahmadis Believe in Jehad Hadrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad (1889-1965) May God be pleased with him – Second Successor to the Promised Messiah, peace be on whom.

British Government and Jihad This is an English translation of an advertisement written in Urdu by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian and published on May 22nd, 1900

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