The Holy Quran 8:39 — Surah Al-Anfal

Arabic text

وَقَـٰتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ كُلُّهُۥ لِلَّهِ ۚ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

Translation

Fight them until no corruption (kufr) exists and all religion (worship) is for Allaah. If they desist (stop practising kufr and accept Islaam), then indeed Allaah is Watchful over what they do (and will reward them for the good they do).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The objectives of jihad: that is, so that the disbelievers are left with no power to turn people away from faith or to threaten the true religion with death. History bears witness that whenever the disbelievers gained the upper hand, the faith and religion of the Muslims were endangered.

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