Islam and unbelievers Many verses in the Qur an can be read as supporting warfare against unbelievers Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers for that they joined companions with Allah for which He had sent no authority their abode will be the Fire And evil is the home of the wrong doers How many a township have We destroyed As a raid by night or while they slept at noon Our terror came unto them No plea had they when Our terror came unto them save that they said Lo We were wrong doers Remember thy Lord inspired the angels with the message I am with you give firmness to the Believers I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger tips off them Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power including steeds of war to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and your enemies and others besides whom ye may not know but whom Allah doth know Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah shall be repaid unto you and ye shall not be treated unjustly Lo those who disbelieve spend their wealth in order that they may debar men from the way of Allah They will spend it then it will become an anguish for them then they will be conquered And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto hell But when the forbidden months are past then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them an seize them beleaguer them and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war but if they repent and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity then open the way for them for Allah is Oft forgiving Most Merciful Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger nor acknowledge the religion of Truth even if they are of the People of the Book until they pay the Jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued And the Jews say Ezra is the son of Allah and the Christians say The Messiah is the son of Allah That is their saying with their mouths They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old Allah Himself fighteth against them How perverse are they And the True Promise draweth nigh then behold them staring wide in terror the eyes of those who disbelieve They say Alas for us We lived in forgetfulness of this Ah but we were wrong doers He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth that He may make it conqueror of all religion however much idolaters may be averse On the Day when some faces will be whitened and some faces will be blackened and as for those whose faces have been blackened it will be said unto them Disbelieved ye after your profession of belief Then taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved Lo Those who disbelieve Our revelations We shall expose them to the Fire As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment Lo Allah is ever Mighty Wise And fight them until persecution is no more and religion is all for Allah But if they cease then lo Allah is Seer of what they do O Prophet Exhort the believers to fight If there be of you twenty steadfast they shall overcome two hundred and if there be of you a hundred steadfast they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve because they the disbelievers are a folk without intelligence Lo those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters will abide in fire of hell They are the worst of created beings Say It is the truth from the Lord of you all Then whosoever will let him believe and whosoever will let him disbelieve Lo We have prepared for disbelievers Fire Its tent encloseth them If they ask for showers they will be showered with water like to molten lead which burneth the faces Calamitous the drink and ill the resting place These twain the believers and the disbelievers are two opponents who contend concerning their Lord But as for those who disbelieve garments of fire will be cut out for them boiling fluid will be poured down on their heads Whereby that which is in their bellies and their skins too will be melted And for them are hoo