The Holy Quran 2:190 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَقَـٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

Translation

Fight in the way of Allaah (to advance and uplift Allaah's Deen) those people who fight you, but do not overstep the limits (children, women and the elderly people should not be intentionally killed). Verily Allaah does not like those who overstep the limits (by not abiding by the laws of Jihaad and by fighting in the Haram of Makkah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The ruling on fighting in the Sanctuary: from the time of Ibrahim ﵇ Makkah was an abode of security: even if someone found his enemy in Makkah, he would do nothing to him. And the sacred months, that is, Dhu al-Qa'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab — these four months too were months of security: in them fighting stopped throughout the whole land of…

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