“And remember the favor of Allah upon you – when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers.”
That’s Qur’an 3:103.
Here are some other Qur’an verses Putin might enjoy quoting:
“And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out; persecution is worse than slaughter. But fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, kill them — such is the recompense of unbelievers, but if they give over, surely Allah is all-forgiving, all-compassionate. Fight them until there is no persecution and the religion is Allah’s; then if they give over, there shall be no enmity save for evildoers.” (Qur’an 2:191-193)
“We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 3:151)
“They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore do not take friends from among them, until they emigrate in the way of Allah; then, if they turn their backs, seize them and kill them wherever you find them; do not take for yourselves any one of them as friend or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
“This is the recompense of those who fight against Allah and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth to do corruption there: they shall be killed, or crucified, or their hands and feet shall be struck off on opposite sides; or they shall be exiled from the land. That is a degradation for them in this world; and in the world to come awaits them a mighty chastisement.” (Qur’an 5:33)
“When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I am with you; so confirm the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers; so strike the necks, and strike every finger of them!” (Qur’an 8:12)
“Fight them, till there is no persecution and religion is all for Allah; then if they give over, surely Allah sees the things they do.” (Qur’an 8:39)
“Make ready for them whatever force and strings of horses you can, to strike terror into the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides them that you know not; Allah knows them. And whatever you spend in the way of Allah shall be repaid you in full; you will not be wronged.” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Then, when the sacred months are over, kill the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms, then let them go their way; Allah is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.” (Qur’an 9:5)
“Fight those who believe not in Allah and the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and do not practice 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.” (Qur’an 9:29)
“Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed; that is a promise binding upon Allah in the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Koran; and who fulfils his covenant truer than Allah? So rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him; that is the mighty triumph.” (Qur’an 9:111)
“O believers, fight the unbelievers who are near to you; and let them find in you a harshness; and know that Allah is with the godfearing.” (Qur’an 9:123)
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike their necks, then, when you have made wide slaughter among them, tie fast the bonds; then set them free, either by grace or ransom, till the war lays down its loads. So it shall be; and if Allah had willed, He would have avenged Himself upon them; but that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will not send their works astray.” (Qur’an 47:4)
“‘You became brothers by His grace’: Putin quotes Koran in appeal for peace in Yemen,” Wellston Journal, November 28, 2019:
‘You became brothers by His grace’: Putin quotes Koran in appeal for peace in Yemen Russian President Vladimir Putin raised a few approving eyebrows in Turkey by quoting from the Koran to urge an end to the war in Yemen that has been waged there for years by a coalition of Muslim countries led by Saudi Arabia.
Speaking in Ankara on Monday alongside Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Putin introduced a particular line from the Muslim holy book, known as the Surah al-Imran.
“And remember the favor of Allah upon you – when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers,” the Russian president quoted.
Putin also referenced another Koranic teaching, about how violence is only legitimate in self-defense, to semi-jokingly suggest that Saudi Arabia should buy Russian air defense systems, as Iran and Turkey have already done.
The Russian president’s references to the holy text of Islam were noted with approval by both Erdogan and Rouhani, who are Sunni and Shia Muslims, respectively. Both leaders admonished the Saudi-led invasion of Yemen, which has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths over the past five years and has utterly devastated the country on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula.
What began as a civil war between the rebel Houthis and the Saudi-backed government escalated into an air war led by the Saudis and into a full-blown ground invasion in 2015. The coalition has not managed to defeat the Houthis in over four years, however, as shown by the most recent drone attack on Saudi oil facilities.
FYI says
“He”?
{al} LAH the Arab god of islam of the religion of “PEACE”
al lah{“the BEST of deceivers”k3:54}
al lah who CURSES Jews and Christians k9:30
al lah who tells muslims”Oh ye who believe!Take not the Jews and Christians for friends.They are friends to one another.He among you who taketh them for friends is one of them”{i.e=an infidel}k5:51
al lah who COMPLETELY MISSED the “Love thy Neighbor”/2nd Chief commandment of God found in the Torah and Gospel but not in the koran
al lah who has a Doctrine of HATE{al walaa wal baraa}towards infidels
{so no “Love thy neighbor” exists in islam!}
al lah whose Greatest Enemy is a MAN called MALIK AL AMLAK{“king of kings”}
Sahih Muslim vol 5 hadith #5611….see Revs 19:16
al lah whose chief commandment is{muslim 1:149}”Belief in al lah and jihad is his cause”
al lah whose discriminatory islamic apartheid system sets muslims AGAINST non-muslims.
al lah{“The BEST of deceivers” k3;54}:he has brought them together!
Don McKellar says
It’s pretty clear that Putin doesn’t really understand how moslems think. Using moslem logic, this makes Putin a useful idiot for Islam and showing signs of weakness. Then the next step using moslem logic is to strike now with terrorist attacks to advance Islam in Russia. Putin clearly doesn’t comprehend that to appease a moslem is only to encourage them to jihad against you.
I predict a fresh breakout of Islamic terror attacks in Russia as the result.
mortimer says
Agreeing with DM: Putin doesn’t want to admit that Muslims are ‘brothers’ only with other Muslims … and not with ‘wrong-worshipping’ Muslims (like Shi’ites) who aren’t Muslim ‘enough’.
The Shi’ites are very cognizant of the teaching of Islamic apartheid called ‘Al Walaa wal Baraa’. They practice the separation of Muslims from kafirs and even considering a handshake with a DIRTY KAFIR as similar to touching feces, dog hair, dog saliva, pork or a woman. Ritual washing is compulsory after touching the above.
I imagine that Putin is wiser about Islam than he let’s on.
mortimer says
Putin is using the old ‘the enemy-of-my-enemy -is -my-friend’ strategy.
I don’t think that old SHARK is naïve or a Pollyanna. The ayatollahs are also amoral sharks. It takes one to know one.
gravenimage says
Neither Turkey nor Iran is friend of Russia’s.
gravenimage says
are friends
mortimer says
MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA … words he should consider :
“If the righteous men do not confront the wicked few then evil will triumph. When decent people become bystanders to history, the forces of destruction only gather power and strength.” – President D. Trump
Merri-joy says
Awesome quote from President Trump – So true!
gravenimage says
Hear, hear!
mortimer says
Russia and Iran have a shared interest in not allowing Saudi Barbaria to easily get it’s oil to Europe. Neither Russia nor Iran wants a direct pipeline through Turkey and Bulgaria to Germany.
Infidel says
First things first: the Saudis can easily get their oil to Europe via the Red Sea and Suez, and not have to touch any of their regional enemies. Egypt is as much a client state to Riyadh as Syria is to Teheran, so the Saudis practically own the canal.
Second, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are now rivals for the leadership of Sunni Islam, and ergo, Islam as a whole. There is no way Turkey would let a Saudi pipeline go through them, especially since they’re on Qatar’s side of that Saudi-Qatari dispute. Putin doesn’t need to do a thing to keep Turkey from preventing Saudi Arabia from doing squat.
The third thing – as far as oil goes, Russia has a vested interest in seeing Iran and Saudi Arabia at loggerheads, and the Straits of Hormuz being threatened. When that happens, all countries that have no outlet to the seas other than via the Arabian Gulf – Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrein – can’t smoothly ship their fuel to other countries w/o support from their customer navies, thereby raising the cost of importing from the region. That decreases the world supply, and increases Russia’s bargaining power in terms of oil prices. Only problem they have – they can’t do anything about the Saudis, who still have their Red Sea coast wide open to ship the oil from there.
Also, Putin gets along just fine w/ Saudi Arabia, as he was one of a handful of leaders who did not ostracize MbS after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
somehistory says
Bible prophecy is being fulfilled right before our very eyes. Ezekiel, chapters 38-39. warns that “gog of magog” and his “many hordes” with “military weapons” gather for their war against Israel, a “land, whose people dwell in security” but without a “wall.”
Persia and the “nations of the north” are named. And included, is the land now called Russia, ruled by putin who has now called the fake ‘god’ of the filthy book of islam, as one who bestows “grace,’ and “brings hearts together.”
When will he make his bow on the little carpet in public? Now he and ‘o’ can meet again and have better understanding of each other. They can “prey” together.
Barbara Brooks says
Putin’s power must be waning for him to go for a scheme like this. It does nothing but hurt Russia’s interests to have two powers like this working together. But knowing Putin, he may have something up his sleeve against them that we don’t know a thing about . . .
gravenimage says
Putin quotes Qur’an in meeting with Rouhani and Erdogan: “You were enemies and He brought your hearts together”
……………………
Yet more appeasement from Putin. He keeps getting worse all the time. Sad to see it.
Infidel says
If Putin wants peace in Yemen, why’s he hosting just one of the combatants there – Iran? Turkey is not a player in Yemen, and its ally Qatar was kicked out of the coalition due to Saudi differences w/ them over the Muslim Brotherhood and al Jazeera. We know that Putin gets along well w/ MbS, so why not invite him over for a joint meeting w/ Rouhani, and see whether that flies?
Incidentally, I’ve lost track – how’s that civil war coming along? Last I looked, the Saudis and Emirates were backing different factions in South Yemen, outside the war w/ the Houthis.
Westman says
“The coalition has not managed to defeat the Houthis in over four years, however, as shown by the most recent drone attack on Saudi oil facilities.”
And whose drones made the attack, and who were the technicians and remote pilots? Iran will be in a direct war before long by over-stepping.
Infidel says
Westman, the drone attacks were from either Iran or Iraq, not Yemen, as analysis of their flight paths when they made those attacks showed
Westman says
Yes, it all leads back to Iran.