Transliteration:( Allazeena ukhrijoo min diyaarihim bighairi haqqin illaaa any yaqooloo rabbunallaah; wa law laa daf'ul laahin naasa ba'dahum biba'dil lahuddimat sawaami'u wa biya'unw wa salawaatunw wa masaajidu yuzkaru feehasmul laahi kaseeraa; wa layansurannal laahu mai yansuruh; innal laaha la qawiyyun 'Azeez )
90. This means the believers spoke the truth for which they were unjustly persecuted by the infidels and banished from the land of their birth.
 91. This is in respect of that period when religions of Hazrat Isa or Hazrat Musa (On them be peace) were not as yet abrogated. Synagogues and churches were still worthy of respect.Â
Now, they are neither worthy of respect is there prohibition for demolishing them. If Christians of any locality accept Islam. they can demolish their church and construct a mosque in its place. However, Muslims are not allowed to demolish places of worship of others. What it means is, if holy wars had not been waged in the past, then neither the places of worship of the Christians nor that of the Jews would have remained protected
92. This means that in the previous times, too, churches, synagogues. monasteries etc. too had been protected from the infidels due to the blessing of Jihad. Now, too, these places of worship can remain safe through Jihad. For the protection of the human beings kill the serpents and scorpions, while for the protection of the faith wage holy war Break the glass of the acquaintance with his own stone.
93. Those, if We give them control in the land they, would establish.
94. By granting them victory over the infidels made them kings and rulers over them.Â
95. Prayer and pay the zakat (poor-due) and command good and forbid evil.
 And for Allah is the end of all affairs of the believers is not for personal glory but for the establishment of Allah's religion. The war of kings is revolution and devastation. The war of believers is based on Prophetic Sunnah. Thus, the nature of war differs from person to person.
96. Through power and strength because the ruler should stop through the power and the religious scholar through oral communication.
And the general public should shun evil with heart and soul. Thus, the verse does not mean that if the believers do not have a kingdom they should not engage in doing propagation work. If you want to see the commentary of this verse. then study the rule of the Khulafa-ur-Rashideen as they are living example of it.
97. The meaning of the verse is that the assistance of these Muslim warriors is the responsibility of Allah Almighty. These warriors do not engage in lustful activities after obtaining a kingdom. But they fill the land of their kingdom with the worship of Allah Almighty and stop the people from sinful activities.Â
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The tafsir of Surah Al-Hajj verse 40 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Hajj ayat 39 which provides the complete commentary from verse 39 through 40.
80. The mention of their expulsion from their homes in (Surah Al-Hajj, ayat 40) is a clear proof that this portion of Surah Al-Hajj was revealed at Al-Madinah.
81. In order to have an idea of the severe persecution of the Muslims, a few instances of this are cited.
(1) Suhaib Rumi was deprived of everything, when he was about to migrate to Al-Madinah. When he reached there, he had nothing with him except the clothes he was wearing. Though he had earned all that through his own labors, he was deprived of everything by the disbelievers of Makkah.
(2) When Abu Salmah was about to leave Makkah with his wife and a suckling child, his in laws forcibly separated his wife from him, and then the people of his own family took away the child from them. Thus the poor woman had to pass one whole year in sorrow and grief. After a year, she secured the child somehow and journeyed from Makkah to Al-Madinah with it all alone on a dangerous route.
(3) Ayyash bin Rabiah was a half brother of Abu Jahl. When he migrated to Al-Madinah, he was followed by Abu Jahl and another brother of his, and they told him the lie: Your mother has taken the oath that she will not move from the sun to the shade nor comb her hair until she should see you (Ayyash). You should therefore go back with us to Makkah, show her your face and then come back. He was taken in by this trick. When they were journeying back the two brothers made him a prisoner, took him to Makkah with his hands and feet tied, and proclaimed: O people of Makkah, this is how these lads should be treated and set right. He remained in that state for a long time and was at last rescued by a brave Muslim.
82. Saumah (pl. Swami), Biya and Salawat in the original text are the places of worship of the monks who have left the world, the Christians and the Jews respectively. Salawat was Salauta in Aramaic, which might be the origin of the English words salute and salutation.
83. In this sentence, a divine principle has been stated:
Allah does not let a group of people or a community have authority forever. Every now and then He repels one group by means of another.
If this had not been the case, the permanent dominator would have created chaos not only in the political and economic spheres, but would have encroached upon the places of worship as well. This principle has also been stated in Ayat 251 of Surah Al-Baqarah.
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