Supplemental Info:
In the first poster below which has been published in multiple languages, the background scene is an eastbound view of the intersection of E. 57th St. and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan.
The poster contains the following English statement:
FIGHT THEM
PERMISSION [TO FIGHT] HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE BEING FOUGHT, BECAUSE THEY WERE WRONGED. AND INDEED, ALLAH IS COMPETENT TO GIVE THEM VICTORY (SURAH AL-HAJJ 39)
This passage is Koran 39:22.
A more understandable translation comes from Hilali & Khan:
Permission to fight is given to those (believers) who are fighting them (disbelievers), because they have been wronged, and surely, Allah is able to give them (believers) victory.
The branding in the upper left-hand corner is for the Al Saff Media Group. "Al-Saff" is also the name given to Chapter 61 of the Koran, which carries the general theme of exhorting Muslims to adopt sincerity in faith and to struggle with their lives in the cause of Allah. As a reward, they will earn immunity from Allah's punishment, forgiveness of their sins, and the eternal Paradise in the hereafter. |