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1. Why are we fighting and opposing you?
2. What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you?
3. Conclusion
3. Conclusion
If you fail to respond to all these conditions, the prepare to fight with the umma, the Nation of Monotheism, which puts complete trust on God and fears none other than Him. The umma, which is addressed by its Qur’an with the words:
{…} Do ye fear them? Nay, it is Allah Whom ye should more justly fear, if ye believe! Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers, And still the indignation of their hearts. For Allah will turn (in mercy) to whom He will; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. 1
The Nation of honor and respect:
But honor belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the Believers. 2
So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For ye must gain mastery if ye are true in Faith. 3
The Nation of Martyrdom; the Nation that desires death more than you desire life:
Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord; They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah. And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve. They glory in the Grace and the bounty from Allah, and in the fact that Allah suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the least).4
The Nation of victory and success that God has promised:
It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it).5
Allah has decreed: “It is I and My apostles who must prevail”: For Allah is One full of strength, able to enforce His Will.6
The Islamic Nation that was able to dismiss and destroy the previous evil Empires like yourself; the Nation that rejects your attacks, wishes to remove your evils, and is prepared to fight you. You are well aware that the Islamic Nation, from the very core of its soul, despises your haughtiness and arrogance.
If you Americans refuse to listen to our advice and the goodness, guidance, and righteousness that we call them to, then be aware that you will lose this Crusade {that} Bush began, just like the other previous Crusades in which you were humiliated at the hands of the mujahidin, fleeing to your home in great silence and disgrace. If you Americans do not respond, then your fate will be that of the Soviets who fled from Afghanistan to deal with their military defeat, political breakup, ideological downfall, and economic bankruptcy.
This is our message to the Americans, as an answer to theirs. Do hey now know why we fight them and over which form of ignorance, by the permission of God, we shall be victorious?
- Q 9:13-14 {sic.—The text cited in our source, reproduced above, refers to verses 13-15.} ↩
- Qur’an 63:8 {—curiously, in the source text, ‘honor’ (al-`izzah) is mistranslated as ‘power’; the full verse reads: “8. They say, ‘If we return to Medina, surely the more honorable (element) will expel therefrom the meaner.’ But honor belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.” ↩
- Qur’an 3:139 {—In the (Yusuf Ali) translation cited here, the phrase “ye must gain mastery” (wa antum al-a`lawna) is better translated as “you shall be elevated”. ↩
- Qur’an 3:169-171. ↩
- Qur’an 61:9. ↩
- Qur’an 58:21 ↩
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