The Pilgrimage
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.[22:39]
To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged;- and verily, God is most powerful for their aid;-

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* V.39 : Several translators have faded to notice that yuqatalina (in the best-approved texts) is in the passive voice, "against whom war is made",-not "who take arms against the unbelievers" as Sale translates it. The clause -and verily ... their aid- is parenthetical. Verse 40 connects on with "they are wronged". The wrong is indicated: ’driven by persecution from their home, for no other reason than that they worshipped the One True God’. This was the first occasion on which fighting-in self-defence-was permitted. This passage therefore undoubtedly dates from Madinah.