9.123 O believers! Fight the disbelievers around you and let them find firmness in you. And know that Allah is with those mindful ˹of Him˺.

And this is the partial tasfir of it “Allah commands the believers to fight the disbelievers, the closest in area to the Islamic state, then the farthest. This is why the Messenger of Allah ﷺ started fighting the idolators in the Arabian Peninsula.)

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And they will turn around and say no compulsion in religion yet here they’re clearly being told to fight the disbelievers. They say to respect other religions .. yet then later verses in the Quran support fighting them. Most will say oh look at context or seek a scholar, but isn’t the Quran meant to be a book with advice that should be timeless.