The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:191
وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ
حَيْثُ
ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْ
وَأَخْرِجُوهُم
مِّنْ
حَيْثُ
أَخْرَجُوكُمْ
وَالْفِتْنَةُ
أَشَدُّ
مِنَ
الْقَتْلِ
وَلَا
تُقَاتِلُوهُمْ
عِندَ
الْمَسْجِدِ
الْحَرَامِ
حَتَّى
يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ
فِيهِ
فَإِن
قَاتَلُوكُمْ
فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ
كَذَلِكَ
جَزَاءُ
الْكَافِرِينَ
wa-qtulūhum ḥaythu thaqiftumūhum wa-ʾakhrijūhum min ḥaythu ʾakhrajūkum wa-l-fitnatu ʾashaddu mina l-qatli wa-lā tuqātilūhum ʿinda l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ḥattā yuqātilūkum fīhi fa-ʾin qātalūkum fa-qtulūhum ka-dhālika jazāʾu l-kāfirīna
Slay them wherever you may catch them and expel them from the place from which they expelled you. The sin of disbelief in God is greater than committing murder. Do not fight them in the vicinity of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca unless they start to fight. Then slay them for it is the recompense that the disbelievers deserve.
