These are his revelations during the Medina period. "Verily, they who believe (Moslems), and they who follow the Jewish religion, and the Christians, and the Sabeites,--whoever believeth in God and the last day, and doeth that which is right, shall have their reward with their Lord: and fear shall not _come_ upon them, neither shall they be grieved." _Sura II_, 59. "And say to those who have been given the Scripture, and to the common folk, Do you surrender yourselves unto God? Then, if they become Moslems, are they guided aright; but if they turn away, then thy duty is only preaching and God's eye is on his servants." _Sura III_, 19. "The Apostle is only bound to preach: and God knoweth what ye bring to light, and what ye conceal." _Sura V_, 99. "Say: Obey God and obey the Apostle. But if ye turn back, _still_ the burden of his duty is on him only, and the burden of your duty rests on you. And if ye obey him, ye shall have guidance; But plain preaching is all that devolves upon the Apostle." _Sura XXIV_, 53. "Let there be no compulsion in religion. Now is the right way made distinct from error; whoever therefore denieth Taghoot,[197] and believeth in God, hath taken hold on a strong handle that hath no flaw therein: And God is He who Heareth, Knoweth." _Sura II_, 237. "Whoso obeyeth the Apostle, in so doing obeyeth God and _as to those_ who turn back _from thee_, We have not sent thee to be their keeper." _Sura IV_, 82. [Sidenote: 39. The object of Mohammad's wars.] "Slay the unbelievers wherever ye find them" was never the watchword of Islam. It was only said in self-preservation and war of defence, and concerned only those who had taken up arms against the Moslems. The verses--Suras II, 189; and VIII, 40--have been quoted above in paras. 17 and 37 (pp. 18, 21, 44 and 45), and they fully show by their context and scope that they only enjoined war against the Meccans, who used to come to war upon the Moslems. The object of making war is precisely set forth in these verses, and appears to mean that civil feuds and persecutions be at an end. But Sir W. Muir wrongly translates _Fitnah_ as _opposition_. He himself has translated the meaning of the word in question as _persecution_, in Vol. II, p. 147, foot-note; in translating the tenth verse of the Sura LXXXV he writes: "Verily, they who persecute the believers, male and female, and repent themselves not." The original word there is _Fatanoo_,[198] from _Fitnah_. I do not know why he should put a twofold version on the same word occurring in the same book. (Suras II, 187; VIII, 40.) [Footnote 185: Islam under the Arabs, by Major R.D. Osborne, London, 1876, p. 27.] [Footnote 186: XVIII, 28.] [Footnote 187: II, 257.] [Footnote 188: V, 73.] [Footnote 189: IX, 6.] [Footnote 190: The Life of Mahomet, Vol. III, p. 79.] [Footnote 191: From attacking and persecuting you and preventing you from entering your homes and visiting the sacred mosque.]