Islam Guidance

Verse91

(91) سَتَجِدُونَ آخَرِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُواْ قَوْمَهُمْ كُلَّ مَا رُدُّوَاْ إِلَى الْفِتْنِةِ أُرْكِسُواْ فِيِهَا

فَإِن لَّمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُواْ إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّوَاْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثِقِفْتُمُوهُمْ

وَأُوْلَـئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانًا مُّبِينًا

91. " You will find soon others who desire to be secure from you, and secure from their own people. So often as they are returned to mischief (of idolatry) they get thrown into it. Thereafter, if they do not withdraw from you, and do not offere you peace and restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and against these We have given you a clear authority."
Commentary:
In order to save their lives, a group of the citizens of Mecca came to the holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) and hipocritically stated that they had become Muslims.

But when they returned to their city, they continued idol worshipping so that they would not encounter with the tortures of the disbelievers. By that way, they could enjoy of both parties and would be safe from the danger of both sides. Their tendecy, of course, was actually rather more towards infindelity.
Thus, Muslims should know their different kinds of enemies and treat each of them appropriately while they would not trust the statement of them.
An Islamic government has authority and mostership in suppressing the vicious hypocrites, and clearing the society of them.
"...and against these We have given you a clear authority."
Yet, the intensive and suppressive punishment is specific to those hypocrites who have activities to destroy the Islamic government.
"...and restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them..."

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