Volume 8 Surah 9 - Enjoy Islam

ContentsContents ............................................................................................................................................................... IITransliteration Table ........................................................................................................................................ IVAl-Tawbah ............................................................................................................................................................. 1Prologue ............................................................................................................................................................. 1A Historical View .......................................................................................................................................... 5Early Indications of Weakness ...................................................................................................................... 7The Process of Integration ........................................................................................................................... 12Advances and Weaknesses .......................................................................................................................... 13Jihād and its Final Rulings........................................................................................................................... 16The Final and Provisional Rulings .............................................................................................................. 19Special to This Sūrah ................................................................................................................................... 231 The Basis of Inter-Communal Relations ....................................................................................................... 25Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 30Peace or No Peace ....................................................................................................................................... 33Under Strong Pressure ................................................................................................................................. 36The Nature of Islamic International Relations ............................................................................................. 40Crystallizing Attitudes ................................................................................................................................. 42An Announcement is Made ......................................................................................................................... 46The Principles of International Relations .................................................................................................... 49Honouring Commitments ............................................................................................................................ 51When the Period of Grace is Over ............................................................................................................... 53Asylum for the Enemy ................................................................................................................................. 55No Peace Possible ........................................................................................................................................ 58No Obligation Honoured ............................................................................................................................. 60An Attitude Confirmed by History .............................................................................................................. 62Hostility Unabated ....................................................................................................................................... 65Doubts Dispelled ......................................................................................................................................... 66An Order to Fight ........................................................................................................................................ 69Who May Tend God’s Houses .................................................................................................................... 71Attitudes Shaped by Feelings ...................................................................................................................... 73Reminder of a Great Event .......................................................................................................................... 74Large Forces Avail Nothing ........................................................................................................................ 762 Relations with Other Religions ..................................................................................................................... 79Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 80The Truth of People of Earlier Revelations ................................................................................................. 82Denying a Known Truth .............................................................................................................................. 84Clarity of Attitudes ...................................................................................................................................... 88Jewish Attitudes towards Islam ................................................................................................................... 90History Tells its Tale ................................................................................................................................... 92A Fight Until Submission ............................................................................................................................ 95When Scriptures are Ignored ....................................................................................................................... 97A Claim Only Unbelievers Make ................................................................................................................ 99Clear Order and Perverse Response .......................................................................................................... 106An Order and its Distorted Application ..................................................................................................... 108A True Promise ......................................................................................................................................... 111Hoarding Gold and Silver .......................................................................................................................... 113The Truth will Out ..................................................................................................................................... 116II