Transliteration:( Zaalika wa man 'aaqaba bimisli maa 'ooqiba bihee summa bughiya 'alaihi la yansurannahul laah; innal laaha la 'Afuwwun Ghafoor )
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126. Reason for its Revelation:
At the end of Muharram, the polytheists attacked the believers. Because during those days battles were prohibited in the sacred months like Muharram, etc. the believers did not want to fight. But the polytheists would not listen and began the war, forcing the believers into it.
Through the help of Allah Almighty. the believers became victorious. This verse was revealed regarding the above incident in which the believers were comforted that they were not at any fault for defending themselves, in this confrontation.
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The tafsir of Surah Al-Hajj verse 60 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Hajj ayat 58 which provides the complete commentary from verse 58 through 60.
104. The preceding verses referred to those persecuted people who could not retaliate and here the reference is to those victims of persecution who could fight back.
From this verse, Imam Shafai has concluded that retaliation will be effected in the way as life was taken in the original act. If a person is killed by immersion in water, the killer also should be put to death by immersion in water; or if a person is burnt to death, the killer also will be burnt to death. The Hanafites dispute this. According to them, retaliation against a murderer will be incurred in one and the same established way no matter how life was taken by the culprit in the original act.
105. This verse (60) may imply two things:
(1) Allah forgives that killing which is done in self-defense, though killing of people is not a good thing in itself. (2) As Allah, Whose slaves the believers are, is Forgiving and Forbearing, they should also forgive and forbear as much as possible. Though they have the right of retaliation, they should not resort to carnage and massacre.
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