A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca

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God.
The Koran.
Man.
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World, SS2 f.
Fight for
the true
faith 1
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All who were
not of the
Mohammedan
faith
were termed
infidels ("the
unfaithful").
CHAPTER XLVl
THE MOHAMMEDANS AND THE PRANKISH
POWER
I. Mohammedan Religion
Say, God is one God; the eternal God; he begetteth
not, neither is he begotten: and there is not any one like
unto him.
By the fig and the olive; and by Mount Sinai, and this
territory of security; verily we created man of a most excellent
fabric; afterward we rendered him the vilest of
the vile: except those who believe, and work righteousness;
for they shall receive an endless reward. What,
therefore, shall cause thee to deny the day of judgment
after this? Is not God the most wise judge?
And fight for the religion of God against those who
fight against you; but transgress not by attacking them
first, for God loveth not transgressors. And kill them
wherever ye find them, and turn them out of that whereof
they have dispossessed you; for temptation to idolatry is
more grievous than slaughter; yet fight not against them
in
the holy temple, until they attack you therein; but if
they attack you, slay them there. This shall be the reward
of infidels. But if they desist, God is gracious and
merciful. Fight therefore against them, until there be
no temptation to idolatry, and the religion be God's; but
if they desist, then let there be no hostility, except against
the ungodly.
These shall be near unto God in the gardens of delight,
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