Chapter 3: The Al Bushra Jihad 1568-1571
وَمَا لَكُمْ لاَ تُقَـتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَآءِ وَالْوِلْدَنِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَـذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّـلِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَلْ لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنْكَ وَلِيّاً وَاجْعَلْ لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنْكَ نَصِيراً
And what is wrong with you that you fight not in the cause of Allāh, and for those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: “Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help.” [1]
In this chapter, I will be using Diego Hurtado De Mendoza’s sixteenth century CE account of the Al Bushra jihad called “Guerra de Granada,” and Marmol’s “Historia de la Rebelion y Castigo de los Morisco”
[1] Surah Al Nisa, Ayah 45
