So I'm hoping for some clarification in the versus that talk about killing of enemies etc. I've been trying to read in context the best that I can and this is how I've been translating it so far..
I've been reading the "Sahih International", "Pickthall", "Muhsin Khan" and "Yusuf Ali" translations btw.
2:190 - "And fight in the Way of Allah those who fight you, but transgress not the limits. Truly, Allah likes not the transgressors."
To me this is saying fight those who fight you, but do not go past the limits. My first question is, what is considered fighting here? Is it actual physical confrontation, or simply disbelievers talking down on or against Islam? My second question is, what are these "limits"? I'm confused by that because in then next verse, it specifically states to "kill" these people who fight against you. To me killing would be past the "limit", so that's why I'm confused by what the "limits" are.
2:191 - "And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers."
My rough translation of this starts out by saying to kill these enemies wherever you come across them, and to "run them out" wherever they've done the same to you. My first question is what does expel refer to? I'm assuming it's along the lines of people who say you cannot worship "Allah" in a certain areas, countries, etc.? Or is this referring to more of a physical "expel"?
"Fitnah" is worse than killing. I'm assuming this is just saying "tribulation" is worse than killing? The next part of the verse I'm again assuming, is referring to a special circumstance when they come to "Makkah" to fight you, then you have permission to kill them. My question for that part again goes back to the context of "fight", is this physical, or referring to people who are against Islam, or both?
2:192 - And if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
2:193 - Fight them until there is no fitnah and worship is for Allah . But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression except against Az-Zalimun
Essentially what I'm getting from these verses, is "fight" them until (cease) they worship Allah. Then I kind of get confused by the last part of that verse and what Az-Zalimun is referring to?
Anyways, I'm still going through it, but this is the gist of what I've understood so far. My head hurts from trying to understand all these different translations and wordings. Thanks to whoever helps me understand deeper into what these are saying.
