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               punishing  the  aggressors  who           •  Analysis No. 3
               shoot  at  Muslims  and  threaten             “Should  you  encounter
               to  kill  and  even  kill  and               them  in  war,  then  use

               plunder  their  property.  The               them  to  frighten  off
               punishment for those who fight               anyone  who  comes  in
               with  God  and  the  Prophet  and            their  rear,  so  that  they
               commit  corruption  on  earth  is            may (all) learn a lesson”.
               that  one  of  Four  punishments             (Qur'an, 5: 57)
               should  be  applied  to  them:

               “First”  that  they  should  be          Also  in  this  verse,  the
               killed,  “Second”  that  they         semantic crash that is characteristic
               should be hanged, “Third” that        of metaphor was not found. So,
               their  hands  and  feet  should  be   there    is    no     conceptual
               cut  in  the  opposite  direction     metaphor in this verse.
               (right hand with left foot), and      About  dealing  with  this  group
               “Fourth”  that  they  should  be      of breakers and unbelievers and

               hanged.  The  land  on  which         stubborn  is  said:  If  you  find
               they  live  should  be  exiled.       them on the battlefield and they
               (Makarem  Shirazi  et  al,  1995,     take up arms and stand in front
               Vol. 4: 359)                          of you, smash them so that the
                  Therefore,      the      main      crowds  behind  them  learn  a
               approach  of  the  Qur'an  is         lesson and disperse. (Makarem
               peace-oriented, and the God in        Shirazi et al, 1995, Vol. 7: 217)
               this  verse  emphasizes  that            Therefore,      the      main
               committing corruption on earth is     approach  of  the  Qur'an  is
               a  war  against  the  God  and  the
               Messenger of the  God, so  war        peace-oriented, and the God in
               is allowed.                           this  verse  emphasizes  that
                                                     breaking  the  covenant,  being
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