This page gathers the main pathways associated with the concept of “jihad” within the atlas: the shared entry, the lexicon, the places where it appears in the books, the verses, the relations, and the nearby claims.
Direct answer
Jihad is not reduced to fighting within this page. The concept begins with its breadth beyond mere fighting and with resistance to oppression, then moves closer to violence as a last resort when all avenues are blocked. Its links are therefore connected to freedom, to criticism of the fighting narrative, and to the transformation that makes jihad a revolutionary idea in the context of the conflation of religion and authority.
Concept keys
- Jihad is broader than fighting.
- Jihad of the word includes speaking the truth.
- Suppressing freedom legitimizes jihad in this context.
- Violence is the final stage of jihad when things reach an impasse.
- The fighting narrative is not a Qur’anic origin.
Where should the tracing begin?
- Jihad
- Jihad is broader than fighting
- Jihad of the word includes speaking the truth
- Violence is the final stage of jihad
- The fighting narrative is not a Qur’anic origin
Shared entry
- The tracing begins with the distinction between jihad and fighting, then with its relation to freedom and criticism of political violence.
Lexicon
Its appearance in the books
Related verses
Conceptual relations
- Jihad is broader than fighting
- Jihad is presented as a revolutionary struggle to establish a system of truth
- Unifying relations
Nearby claims
- The fighting doctrine has two different types
- The fighting narrative is not a Qur’anic origin
- Violence is justified to remove oppression
- Jihad becomes a revolutionary idea
- Violence is the final stage of jihad
- Jihad of the word includes speaking the truth
- Suppressing freedom legitimizes jihad
- The historical conflation of religion and authority produced despotism and extremism
- Rituals are outside political coercion, and freedom is a condition for worship and jihad
- Jihad begins with the word and ends in violence when blocked
- Religious and political freedom are conditions for worship and jihad
- Mawdudi formulates a confrontational binary
- Jihad is broader than fighting
- Legitimate fighting repels aggression
- The fighting verses are tied to a historical context
- Terrorism in Qur’anic terms is deterrence, not killing
- Assassinations and bombing civilians are outside fighting
- Disavowal has specific conditions and domains
- Jihad is broader than fighting
- Salafism is an entry point to violence
- Martyrdom is not confined to the dead
- Martyrdom is not being killed in battle
- Worship includes all spheres of life
- Legitimate fighting serves freedom and justice
- Fighting is an اضطراري duty, not an end
- Individual killing is not part of legitimate fighting
- The Muhammadan narrative is not a general legislation
- Loyalty and disavowal follow conduct
- Three aims of Qur’anic fighting
- The tradition conflated jihad, fighting, and raid