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and Upper Mesopotamia, Iraq, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; He banished them to the farthest reaches of the earth, both north and south, and those among them who remained in the heart of the land found that their best condition—if they did not accept Islam—was to pay the jizya directly, humbled and subdued.
Likewise, whatever they quote from Micah and Amos points only to the advent of the Messiah, peace be upon him, and to the invalidity of those parts of the Jewish Law that God has abrogated and nullified.
وَالْجَزِيرَةِ، وَالْعِرَاقِ، وَأَرْمِينِيَّةَ، وَأَذْرَبِيجَانَ، وَأَجْلَاهُمْ إِلَى طَرَفَيِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ جِهَةِ الشَّمَالِ وَالْجَنُوبِ، وَصَارَ الَّذِينَ فِي وَسَطِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْهُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَحْوَالِهِمْ إِذَا لَمْ يُسْلِمُوا أَنْ يُؤَدُّوا الْجِزْيَةَ عَنْ يَدٍ وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ.
وَكَذَلِكَ مَا ذَكَرُوهُ عَنْ
" مِيخَا "
وَ
" عَامُوسَ "
إِنَّمَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى مَجِيءِ الْمَسِيحِ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -، وَبُطْلَانِ مَا نَسَخَهُ اللَّهُ وَأَبْطَلَهُ مِنْ شَرْعِ الْيَهُودِ