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This verse, laying out the subjugated position of the non-Muslim in the Muslim society by means of the [[jizya]], is the main verse in the [[Qur'an]] upon which the entire legal theory of the dhimma is buit. | This verse, laying out the subjugated position of the non-Muslim in the Muslim society by means of the [[jizya]], is the main verse in the [[Qur'an]] upon which the entire legal theory of the dhimma is buit. | ||
Beyond this verse, the attitude of the Qur'an, particularly as read by later [[tafsir|mufassirun]] and Islamic scholars, towards unbelievers including the so-called "[[People of the Book]]" is unremittingly negative. The main understanding (in the traditional Islamic reading) is that the Jews and Christians are cursed for rejecting the message of the prophet: | Beyond this verse, the attitude of the Qur'an, particularly as read by later [[tafsir|mufassirun]] and Islamic scholars, towards unbelievers including the so-called "[[People of the Book]]" is unremittingly negative. The main understanding (in the traditional Islamic reading) is that the Jews and Christians are cursed for rejecting the message of the prophet: {{Quote|{{Quran|5|64}}|And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up! Their hands shall be shackled and '''they shall be cursed for what they say.''' Nay, both His hands are spread out, He expends as He pleases; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord will certainly make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; and We have put enmity and hatred among them till the day of resurrection; whenever they kindle a fire for war Allah puts it out, and they strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does not love the mischief-makers.}} | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|5|64}}|And the Jews say: The hand of Allah is tied up! Their hands shall be shackled and '''they shall be cursed for what they say.''' Nay, both His hands are spread out, He expends as He pleases; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord will certainly make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; and We have put enmity and hatred among them till the day of resurrection; whenever they kindle a fire for war Allah puts it out, and they strive to make mischief in the land; and Allah does not love the mischief-makers.}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|9|30}}|The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|9|30}}|The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!}} | ||
==Fiqh Around the Institution of the Dhimma== | ==Fiqh Around the Institution of the Dhimma== |