The Aim of Warfare in al-Wāqidī’s Kitāb al-Maghāzī

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2020-06-19 DOI:10.1080/21520844.2020.1764790

Joseph S. Spoerl

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The Kitāb al-Maghāzī or “Book of the Raids” by the early Islamic historian Muḥammad b. ‘Umar al-Wāqidī (ca. 747–823) appeared for the first time in English translation in 2011. The editor and lead translator, Rizwi Faizer, asserts in her introduction (coauthored with Andrew Rippin) that “ … the primary theme that runs through al-Wāqidī’s Maghāzī is that Muḥammad’s battles were always defensive.” The present article shows that this is a misinterpretation of the text. According to the evidence supplied by al-Wāqidī, it is clear that Muḥammad’s military efforts were motivated by far more than mere self-defense. Warfare as Muḥammad practiced and preached it was missionary warfare. Its purpose was to stamp out polytheism, and, more broadly, to destroy a non-Islamic social and political order and to replace it with an Islamic one. The goal of this new order was, in turn, to induce conversion to Islam.

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瓦奇迪《马加齐的风筝》中的战争目的

摘要早期伊斯兰历史学家穆的《突袭之书》ḥ2011年，阿玛德·b·乌玛尔·瓦奇迪（约747–823）首次出现在英文译本中。编辑兼首席翻译Rizwi Faizer在她的引言（与Andrew Ripin合著）中断言，“……贯穿al-Wāqidī的Maghāzī的主要主题是Muḥammad的战斗总是防御性的。”本文表明这是对文本的曲解。根据al-Wāqidī提供的证据，很明显穆ḥammad的军事努力远不止是出于自卫。以穆的身份作战ḥammad实践并宣扬这是一场传教战争。其目的是消灭多神教，更广泛地说，摧毁非伊斯兰的社会和政治秩序，并用伊斯兰秩序取而代之。这一新秩序的目标反过来又是促使人们皈依伊斯兰教。

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