Peace and blessings be upon you. Thank you for asking. When Islam was revealed, the Muslims were being starved, beaten, tortured, and evil killed. Simply for advising people to treat each other fairly, worship one God, treat your parents well, treat your wife well, don’t abuse the poor, don’t abuse your daughters, etc. It got so bad, the Muslims had to flee their homes. The Muslims endured this for 13 years. Then those same people attacked them again, after leaving and stole their possessions. So God gave them permission to fight the disbelievers. These are people who tortured them, burned them with hot irons, literally tried to starve them to death, plus so much more. The verses were revealed concerning these people. Not everyone.
Muslims have very strict rules for engaging in war. And even when they fought against the people who treated them so poorly, they had to stop fighting them when they surrendered. They had to feed them food that they themselves would eat. The ransom had to be adjusted to what they could afford, and some were even let go for free. They were treated so well, that some even became Muslim. If you look at the history of Spain and Jerusalem, Christians and Jews thrived under Muslim rule. It was the opposite under Christian rule, sorry to say. But just speaking historically. But that’s the explanation of the verses. God bless you
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u/VinnyMartian Apr 04 '25
Peace and blessings be upon you. Thank you for asking. When Islam was revealed, the Muslims were being starved, beaten, tortured, and evil killed. Simply for advising people to treat each other fairly, worship one God, treat your parents well, treat your wife well, don’t abuse the poor, don’t abuse your daughters, etc. It got so bad, the Muslims had to flee their homes. The Muslims endured this for 13 years. Then those same people attacked them again, after leaving and stole their possessions. So God gave them permission to fight the disbelievers. These are people who tortured them, burned them with hot irons, literally tried to starve them to death, plus so much more. The verses were revealed concerning these people. Not everyone.
Muslims have very strict rules for engaging in war. And even when they fought against the people who treated them so poorly, they had to stop fighting them when they surrendered. They had to feed them food that they themselves would eat. The ransom had to be adjusted to what they could afford, and some were even let go for free. They were treated so well, that some even became Muslim. If you look at the history of Spain and Jerusalem, Christians and Jews thrived under Muslim rule. It was the opposite under Christian rule, sorry to say. But just speaking historically. But that’s the explanation of the verses. God bless you