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The Sword Verse (Arabic: آية السيف, romanized: ayat as-sayf) is the fifth verse of the ninth surah of the Quran [1] [2] (also written as 9:5). It is a Quranic verse widely cited by critics of Islam to suggest the faith promotes violence against pagans (polytheists, mushrikun) by isolating the portion of the verse "kill the polytheists wherever you find them, capture them".
Charles Matthews writes that there is a "large debate about what the Quran commands as regards the "sword verses" and the "peace verses". According to Matthews, "the question of the proper prioritization of these verses, and how they should be understood in relation to one another, has been a central issue for Islamic thinking about war."
111-115 Unbelievers tell Noah to reject his poor followers; 116 When he refuses, they threaten him with violence; 117-119 Noah takes refuge in God, and is saved in the ark; 120-122 The unbelievers are drowned; The History of Hūd. 123 They charge God's messengers with imposture; 124-135 Hūd claims the prophetic office, and preaches to the Ádites
84 Muhammad forbidden to pray at the grave of unbelievers and hypocrites; 85-87 The Prophet not to wonder at the prosperity of the wicked; 88-89 Reward of those who assist the Apostle in his wars; 90 Hypocritical Arabs of the desert reproved; 91-92 Who may lawfully remain at home in time of war; 93-96 Other hypocrites reproved
English translations of the verse: [note 1] Sahih International: Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
Researcher Donald Holbrook notes that while many jihadists quote the beginning of the famous sword verse (or ayah): But when these months, prohibited (for fighting), are over, slay the idolaters wheresoever you find them, and take them captive or besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every likely place. ...
Sigurd plunges his sword into Fáfnir's chest in this illustration by Arthur Rackham. Fáfnismál ( Fáfnir 's sayings ) is an Eddic poem , found in the Codex Regius manuscript. The poem is unnamed in the manuscript, where it follows Reginsmál and precedes Sigrdrífumál , but modern scholars regard it as a separate poem and have assigned it a ...
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