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185. Staying in the enemy town for three days<br />

B 4.300<br />

186. Distributing the war booty after a Ghazwa<br />

B 4.301<br />

187. Pagans taking property of Muslim as war booty<br />

B 4.302, B 4.303<br />

188. 'And among His signs are the variations<br />

B 4.304, B 4.305, B 4.306<br />

189. Stealing from the war booty before distribution<br />

B 4.307<br />

190. A minor theft<br />

B 4.308<br />

191. Slaughtering camels and sheep of booty<br />

B 4.309<br />

192. Conveyance of good tidings of victories<br />

B 4.310<br />

193. What may be given to the bringer of glad tidings<br />

194. No migration from Mecca after the Conquest<br />

B 4.311, B 4.312, B 4.313<br />

195. Man searching the hair of a Dhimmi woman<br />

B 4.314<br />

196. Reception of returning warriors<br />

B 4.315, B 4.316<br />

197. What to say on returning from Jihad<br />

B 4.317, B 4.318, B 4.319<br />

198. Performing prayer on returning from a journey<br />

B 4.320, B 4.321<br />

199. Taking meals on arrival<br />

B 4.322, B 4.323<br />

JINNS:<br />

6:100 - Yet they make the Jinns equals with Allah though Allah did create the Jinns; and they<br />

falsely having no knowledge attribute to Him sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him!<br />

(for He is) above what they attribute to Him!. 929<br />

929 Jinns: who are they? In xviii. 50 we are told that Iblis was one of the Jinns, and it is suggested that that was why he<br />

disobeyed the Command of God. But in that passage and other similar passages, we are told that God commanded<br />

the angels to bow down to Adam, and they obeyed except Iblis. That implies that Iblis had been of the company of<br />

angels. In many passages Jinns and men are spoken of together. In lv. 14-15, man is stated to have been created<br />

from clay, while Jinns from a flame of fire. The root meaning of junna, yujannu, is "to be covered or hidden," and janna<br />

yajunnu, in the active voice, "to cover or hide," as in vi. 76. Some people say that jinn therefore means the hidden<br />

qualities or capacities in man; others that it means wild or jungle folk hidden in the hills or forests. I do not wish to be<br />

dogmatic, but I think, from a collation and study of the Quranic passages, that the meaning is simply "a spirit," or an<br />

invisible or hidden force. In folklore stories and romances like the Arabian Nights they become personified into<br />

fantastic forms, but with them we are not concerned here. (6.100)<br />

6:128 - One day will He gather them all together (and say): "O ye assembly of Jinns! much (toll) did<br />

ye take of men." Their friends amongst men will say: "Our Lord! we made profit from each<br />

other: but (alas!) we reached our term which Thou didst appoint for us." He will say: "The fire<br />

be your dwelling-place you will dwell therein for ever except as Allah willeth." For thy Lord is<br />

full of wisdom and knowledge. 948949950951<br />

949 I.e., you have misled a great number of human beings. (6.128)<br />

950 It is common experience that the forces of evil make an alliance with each other, and seem thus to make a profit by<br />

their mutual log-rolling. But this is only in this material world. When the limited term expires, their unholy bargains will<br />

be exposed, and there will be nothing but regrets. (6.128)<br />

951 Eternity and infinity are abstract terms. They have no precise meaning in our human experience. The qualification,<br />

"except as God willeth," makes it more intelligible, as we can form some idea -however inadequate- of a Will and Plan,<br />

and we know God by His attribute of Mercy as well as of Justice. (6.128)<br />

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