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Then fight the leaders of disbelief. Slay the leaders who are non-Muslim, who are in a state of disbelief. Indeed, they are such that they have no regard for promises.

Maryam Institute · video “Tafsir of Surah At-Tawbah: Ayah 11-18” · posted October 11, 2025 · 19:57 into the video · video since made private on YouTube; the Middle East Forum holds a copy

So this ayat karima is mentioning the enmity of the Jews, which is a general statement, notwithstanding the fact that there might be people, very rare, but people like Sayyidina Abdullah bin Salam, radiallahu anhu, the—the vast majority of them, again, if we can, we can understand this historically as well, that the vast majority of the Jews, and obviously the Mushrikin in Makkah, they subjected the Muslims to the worst atrocities, then fighting one war, second war, third war. And like was the Jews, they were also very deceptive, very cunning. They wanted to harm the Prophet ﷺ, and they attempted to even assassinate the Prophet ﷺ, poisoned the food, even bewitched him, did sihr, magic upon him. They were always hostile against Muslims, and even today, by far, we see that that antagonism is still there. They leave no stone unturned to harm the Muslims.

Maryam Institute · video “Tafsir Surah Ma'idah (ayah 82-92) by Shaykh Moiz Hasan | English” · posted February 11, 2023 · 13:08 into the video · video since made private on YouTube; the Middle East Forum holds a copy