Arguments from the Quran

I will provide two references: 1. Here, Allah Almighty is telling His Prophet œ to say to the disbelievers: “If you desist from disbelief and hostility towards Islam, and accept Islam and adopt the path of repentance and obedience, then all your sins from the time of your disbelief will be forgiven.” (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol. 4, p. 54) 2. The meaning is that you should fight them until polytheism is completely eradicated from among them, all their false religions are eliminated, and only the religion of Islam remains. Then, when they abandon disbelief and accept Islam, Allah Almighty will reward them for their acceptance. However, if they do not believe and do not abandon their disbelief, then Allah will be your helper. (Madarik al-Tanzil, Vol. 1, p. 645) The core message of this verse is that the qital (fighting) mentioned here is a specific type related to the final Messenger. In this verse, the disbelievers are subjected to the sunnah (tradition) of previous nations. Here, disbelievers refer to those who, despite receiving the final Messenger’s invitation and full clarity, still remain disbelievers. The way of Allah, as described in the Quran concerning such people, is that they are destroyed by calamities from the earth and from above. In the case of the addressees of the final Messenger,