Footnotes
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1
In fact, in the present book, this question is answered only indirectly.
However, when we take into account the conditional verses about the legitimacy
of jihad, which are dealt with in this book, we realize that there are
no conditions relating to the depth of the enemy's faith in religion and
its principles. The word "of" (Arabic min ) when God says "of the People
of the Book" is considered by the great Allamah Tabatabai, for example,
in his "Mizan," as an "explanatory of" (Min bayaniyah), meaning that it
could have been more accurately translated by the word "e.g." In which
case, this unconditional verse reads as follows: «And fight those
who have not faith in God nor in the Hereafter, and (who) forbid not what
God and His Prophet have forbidden, who do not observe the religion of
truth, e.g. the People of the Book, until they pay tribute by hand, and
they are the low». All the conditions contained in the conditional
verses then apply. As is clear, when the People of the Book live in an
Islamic state, there is no question of those with more commitment to their
religion paying less taxes, or tribute on this account than those with
less commitment. *
2"Khoms" and "zakat" are the
two famous tax - like charities of Islam, and "Hajj" is the famous act
of worship performed each year in Mecca, which the Muslims who are able
to do so must perform once in a lifetime.*
3 "Shahid," i.e. martyr, one
of the highest stations a Muslim can attain. The statement is a tradition
of the Holy Prophet.*
4 A "Muwahid" is a person
who accepts the reality of tawhid.*
5 "Tawhidic," which the translator
has noticed in English texts, seems to be an anglicized noun from the Arabic
word "tawheed" and meaning, pertaining to tawheed.*
6 All notable Muslim poets.
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HTML published 23 Rajab 1418 AH which convenes 23 Nov 1997 by DILP
(final form 5 Ramadan 1418 AH=4 Jan 1998)
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