THEO 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hilya, Aqabah, Relate
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God is the best protector, and god is the most merciful loving of those who mercifully love (surah yusuf: 64) Artist"s rendition of a verse from chapter 12. Refers to joseph"s father jacob lamenting; i"m going to rely on. Indeed, it is from solomon, and the [letter] begins, in the name of god, the infinitely merciful and the infinitely compassionate (surah naml: 30) Importance of embellishing the quran in an artistic form. Early verse which mandates the use of warfare. Medina verse: deals with issues that arose in town of medina, dealing with. During the meccan period, god did not authorize the muslims to engage in warfare. 613 - religion was challenging the status quo. Muhammed never received permission to fight back. Sometimes this verse is used to argue that islam is used to promote violence. Certain kinds of conditions in how you treat captives and prisoners of war. Clear stipulation that you fight certain time periods.
