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Quran (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"
95% of what ISIS is doing is following the Quran. Some of their actions seem to go against it. But hey, war is hell.
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Most Muslims know that ayyats are not stand alone statements. General rule is to read a minimum of 9 ayyats if you can't read the full surat
Non-Muslims seem to love to believe a truncated part of 8:12 is a commandment.
If you read enough you may see that surah 8 consists of 4 different but rlated disdcourses and 8:1-15 is in reference to a specific time when the nation was at war. a state of war, sort of a pep talk as they had just lost a battle, were fixing to be attacked and were quite down hearted.
8:1 (Asad) THEY WILL ASK thee about the spoils of war. Say: "All spoils of war belong to God and the Apostle." [1] Remain, then, conscious of God, and keep alive the bonds of brotherhood among yourselves, [2] and pay heed unto God and His Apostle, if you are [truly] believers!
8:2 (Asad) Believers are only they whose hearts tremble with awe whenever God is mentioned, and whose faith is strengthened whenever His messages are conveyed unto them, [3] and who in their Sustainer place their trust -
8:3 (Asad) those who are constant in prayer and spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance : [4]
8:4 (Asad) it is they, they who are truly believers! Theirs shall be great dignity in their Sustainer's sight, and forgiveness of sins, and a most excellent sustenance. [5]
8:5 (Asad) EVEN AS thy Sustainer brought thee forth from thy home [to fight] in the cause of the truth, although some of the believers were averse to it,
8:6 (Asad) [so, too,] they would argue with thee about the truth [itself] after it had become manifest [6] - just as if they were being driven towards death and beheld it with their very eyes.
8:7 (Asad) And, lo, God gave you the promise that one of the two [enemy] hosts would fall to you: and you would have liked to seize the less powerful one, [7] whereas it was God's will to prove the truth to be true in accordance with His words, and to wipe out the last remnant of those who denied the truth [8] -
8:8 (Asad) so that He might prove the truth to be true and the false to be false, however hateful this might be to those who were lost in sin. [9]
8:9 (Asad) Lo! You were praying unto your Sustainer for aid, whereupon He thus responded to you: "I shall, verily, aid you with a thousand angels following one upon' another!"
8:10 (Asad) And God ordained this only as a glad tiding, and that your hearts should thereby be set at rest-since no succour can come from any save God: verily, God is almighty, wise! [10]
8:11 (Asad) [Remember how it was] when He caused inner calm to enfold you, [11] as an assurance from Him, and sent down upon you water from the skies, so that He might purify you thereby and free you from Satan's unclean whisperings [12] and strengthen your hearts and thus make firm your steps.
8:12 (Asad) Lo! Thy Sustainer inspired the angels [to convey this His message to the believers]: "I am with you !" [13] [And He commanded the angels:] "And, give firmness unto those who have attained to faith [with these words from Me]: [14] `I shall cast terror into the hearts of those who are bent on denying the truth; strike, then, their necks, [O believers,] and strike off every one of their finger-tips!" [15]
8:13 (Asad) This, because they have cut themselves off from [16] God and His Apostle: and as for him who cuts himself off from God and His Apostle - verily, God is severe in retribution.
8:14 (Asad) This [for you, O enemies of God]! Taste it, then, [and know] that suffering through fire awaits those who deny the truth!
8:15 (Asad) O YOU who have attained to faith! When you meet in battle those who are bent on denying the truth, advancing in great force, do not turn your backs on them: [17]
This is not carte blanc permission to run around chopping off heads and finger tips. It is a reminder that God(swt) will send Angels to help them if the need arises.
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