الآية رقم (74) - فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالآخِرَةِ وَمَن يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَو يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

(74) - (So let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory - We will bestow upon him a great reward.)

The Prophet (saws) was in Mecca, persecuted, besieged, forbidden from conveying the message, so that he migrated to Medina. Since the immigrant Muslims had been evicted from their country and their money, and their homes were robbed, so Allah (swt) permitted them to fight and defend their homeland, honor and money:

( فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ ) (So let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter..): Let the believers fight – for the sake of Allah (swt) and for their homeland and hounour- those who trade the life of this world with the Hereafter. Fight in Islam is not permitted to force people to faith, rather to protect the freedom of religion choice.

( وَمَن يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ) (…And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory – We will bestow upon him a great reward): This is good news for the martyrs who defend their land, their homeland, their honor and their rights. There are two possibilities for the fighter: Either he will be martyred or he will be victorious, in both cases, Allah (swt) will give him a great reward.