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XLIV.—JIHA′D, OR RELIGIOUS WAR.
Jiha′d[1] (lit. "an effort") is a religious war against the infidels, as enjoined by Muhammad in the following passages in the Qurán:—
Súrat-un-Nisá (vi.).
"Fight, therefore, for the religion of God."
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God hath indeed promised Paradise to every one,
But God hath preferred those who fight for the faith.”
Súrat-ul-Muhammad (xlvii.).
"Those who fight in defence of God's true religion,
God will not suffer their works to perish."
Those who engage in war against the infidels are called Gházís. The whole question of Jihád has been fully discussed by Dr. W. W. Hunter, of the Bengal Civil Service, in his work entitled, "Indian Musalmáns," which is the re-
- ↑ Some Muhammadan divines say there are two Jiháds, viz. Jihád-ul-Akbar, or the Greater Warfare, which is against one's own lusts; and Jihád-ul-Asghar, or the Lesser Warfare, against infidels.
