thy soul,
and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength."

See also Luke XIII. 24: "Strive to enter in at the straight gate."

[Sidenote: (4) The Bee, XVI, 108, 111.]

16. "Whoso after he hath believed in God denieth Him if he were
forced to it, and if his heart remain steadfast in the faith, shall
be guiltless; but whoso openeth his heart to infidelity--on them,
in that case, shall be wrath from God, and a severe punishment
awaiteth them."

"To those also who after their trials fled their country, then
(_Jahadoo_) toiled and endured with patience. Verily, thy Lord will
afterwards be forgiving, gracious."

Dr. Sprenger (Life of Mohammad, p. 159) explains this verse of the seven
slaves purchased and manumitted by Abu Bekr. They had been tortured for
professing Islam, shortly after Mohammad assumed the prophetic office.
The flight referred to in verse 111th is the early Abyssinian flight.
These verses relate to the persecutions endured by humble and needy
Moslems from their townspeople of Mecca. These Moslems, after being
persecuted and forced as far as denying God, while their remaining
steadfast in the faith, had to flee elsewhere, and then suffered much in
their wanderings; but they endured their labours and fatigues, losses,
disadvantages both in body and mind, patiently. There is no allusion to
fighting or waging war. The Rev. Mr. Rodwell and Mr. Palmer are both
wrong in translating '_Jahadoo_' as fighting. Sale is right in not
translating it as fighting, but he is too paraphrastic when he
translates, "and who have since fought _in defence of the true
religion_," as their "Jihad" was only their great exertion and toil in
suffering from persecutions.

[Sidenote: (5) The Spider, XXIX, 5.]

17. "And whoso ('_Jahada_') labours ('_Yojahido_') toils for his
own good only. Verily God is independent of all the worlds."

Mr. Palmer is wrong in making _Jahada_ and _Yojahido_ to mean fighting
strenuously. Mr. Sale and the Rev. W. Rodwell are right in translating
by "striveth" and "efforts" respectively, and so is Sir W. Muir in
taking it into, what he styles, the general sense of the verse (The Life
of Mahomet, Vol. III, p. 32).

[Sidenote: (6) The Spider, XXIX, 7.]

18. "Moreover We have enjoined on man to show kindness to parents,
but if they (_Jahada_) strive with thee in order that thou join
that with Me of which thou hast no knowledg