The Flames of War – The Fighting Has Just Begun - IS spokesman Abū Muhammad al-'Adnānī ash-Shāmī
22 October 2014
On September 19, 2014 the Islamic State
media outlets released a new 55 min. video titled 'The
Flames of War'
Abū Muhammad al-'Adnānī ash-Shāmī – Indeed Your Lord
Is Ever Watchful Sep
A new statement by IS spokesman Abū Muhammad al-'Adnānī
ash-Shāmī, dated September 22 2014
In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful
Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful
By Shaykh Abū Muhammad al-'Adnānī ash-Shāmī
All praise is due to Allah, the Strong and Mighty. And
may blessings and peace be upon the one sent with the
sword as a mercy to all the worlds. As for what
follows:
Allah the Blessed and Exalted said, {The people
of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving]
factions after them, and every nation intended [a
plot] for their messenger to seize him, and they
disputed by [using] falsehood to [attempt to]
invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them, and
how [terrible] was My penalty} [Ghāfir: 5].
And He the Exalted said, {And [remember], when
those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain
you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they
plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of
planners} [Al-Anfāl: 30].
And He the Exalted said, {Those to whom the hypocrites
said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you,
so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in
faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah, and
[He is] the best Disposer of affairs." So they
returned with favor from Allah and bounty, no harm
having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of
Allah, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.
That is only Satan who frightens [you] of his
supporters. So fear them not, but fear Me, if you are
[indeed] believers} [Āli 'Imrān: 173-175].
Rejection of the truth, mockery of it, belying the
people of truth, using falsehood in argumentation,
plots, mobilization, intimidation, enmity, and war –
all this is the condition of the disbelievers
concerning the truth and the followers of the
messengers since ancient times. The known factors of
the battle are similar throughout the ages. Theirs is
a conceited and brash encampment of falsehood, which
demonstrates itself to be powerful, and subduing, one
that no conqueror can dominate nor any defender
withstand. But the reality is they are fearful and
terrified, humiliated and left with a weak plan,
shaken and defeated, despite their uninhibited
movement throughout the lands. Their television and
satellite channels as well as their sorcerers are in a
state of alert day and night. They dispute by using
sorcery, falsifying events, altering realities, and
duping people. They deceive, incite, mobilize, and
amass against the people of truth. They display the
people of falsehood in every guise of strength,
ability, force, and fierceness, in desperate and
failed attempts to invalidate the truth, scare its
followers, and defeat them. This is the case in every
age and time.
You see the followers of the messengers in the
opposite encampment with lower numbers, meager
equipment, and a weaker voice. But their strength can
never be subdued. Their authority can never be broken.
They are firm in every battle. And they are forefront
in every encounter, having neither fear nor dread. In
the end, they will have the triumph and victory. They
are always and forever victorious, since the battle of
Noah (peace be upon him) and until Allah inherits the
earth and those upon it. All this is due to their
faith in Allah, the Mighty, the Compeller. From Him is
their strength, and through Him is their authority. He
is sufficient for them, and upon Him they rely. They
are certain of His aid. And they returned having
attained His favor and bounty. They do not fear anyone
save Him.
O soldiers of the Islamic State, what a great thing
you have achieved by Allah! Your reward is upon Him.
By Allah, He has healed the chests of the believers
through the killing of the nusayriyyah (alawites) and
rāfidah (shiites) at your hands. He has filled the
hearts of the disbelievers and hypocrites with rage
through you. What a great thing you have achieved by
Allah! Who are you? Who are you O soldiers of the
Islamic State? From where have you come? What is your
secret? Why is it that the hearts of the East and West
are dislocated by their fear of you? Why is it that
the chest muscles of America and its allies shiver out
of fear of you? Where are your warplanes? Where are
your battleships? Where are your missiles? Where are
your weapons of mass destruction? Why is it that the
world has united against you? Why have the nations of
disbelief entrenched together against you? What threat
do you pose to the distant place of Australia for it
to send its legions towards you? What does Canada have
anything to do with you?
O soldiers of the Islamic State and its sons
everywhere, listen and comprehend. If the people belie
you, reject your state and your call, and mock your
caliphate, then know that your Prophet (blessings and
peace be upon him) was belied. His call was rejected.
He was mocked.
If your people fight you, accuse you with the worst of
accusations, and describe you with the worst of all
traits, then know that the people of the Prophet
(blessings and peace be upon him) fought him, expelled
him, and accused him with matters worse than those you
have been accused with.
If the parties have gathered against you, then know
they gathered against your Prophet before (blessings
and peace be upon him). This is the established way of
Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted. Or did you think that
the people would greet you by saying "Allah is the
greatest" and "There is no god but Allah"? And that
they would joyfully bid you welcome? {While such trial
has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on
before you} [Al-Baqarah: 214], whereby you taste what
they have tasted?
No! You will be shaken. {But We have certainly tried
those before them, and Allah will surely make evident
those who are truthful, and He will surely make
evident the liars} [Al-'Ankabūt: 3].
Allah has given you might and honor after your
humiliation. He has made you rich after your poverty.
And He has aided you despite your weakness and small
numbers. He showed you that victory is from Him, the
Glorified. He grants it to whomever He wills and
whenever He wills.
So know that – by Allah – we fear not the swarms of
planes, nor ballistic missiles, nor drones, nor
satellites, nor battleships, nor weapons of mass
destruction. How could we fear them, while Allah the
Exalted has said, {If Allah should aid you, no
one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you,
who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon
Allah let the believers rely} [Āli 'Imrān:
160].
How could we fear them, while Allah the Exalted has
said, {So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you
will be superior if you are [true] believers} [Āli 'Imrān:
139].
How could we fear them, while you have proven
yourselves to be the knights and men of war? When you
defend, you are like the firmest mountains. And when
you assault, you are like predatory warriors. You face
death with bare chests, while the worldly life is
beneath your worn feet. I swear by Allah that I have
not known any of you except to be a forerunner towards
every battle sound, eagerly searching for the place of
death in every fight. I see the Quran walking alive
amongst you. What a great thing you have achieved by
Allah! The weak one of you is a brave warrior, and the
merciful one of you is ferocious in battle. We have
not known you to be except jealous and angry. Your
jealousy is not but for the religion of Allah. And
your anger is not but for the violation of Allah's
sanctities. You say the truth and according to it you
judge. You love Allah and His Messenger (blessings and
peace be upon him). And you are the most careful to
follow his tradition (blessings and peace be upon
him). You are harsh against the disbelievers, merciful
among yourselves. For the cause of Allah, you do not
fear the blame of a critic.
Therefore Allah will give you victory. Indeed, Allah
will give you victory. By Allah, Allah will give you
victory. So guarantee for us two matters, and we will
guarantee you by Allah's permission constant victory
and consolidation. First, do not oppress anyone nor be
content with oppression by being silent about it and
not raising the matter [to those in authority].
Second, do not become conceited or arrogant. This is
what we fear from you and fear for you. So if you gain
victory, then attribute it to Allah alone. Continue on
with modesty, humbleness, giving praise and thanks to
Allah. If you fail, then attribute the cause to
yourselves and your sins. And attack the enemy again
after asking Allah for forgiveness and repenting to
Him with remorse.
And we declare our innocence before Allah of
injustices that could be carried out by any of you and
did not reach us. And we declare our innocence before
Allah of any injustice one of you conceals or turns a
blind eye to.
Thereafter know that a trial, sifting, and selection,
are necessary between one period and another, for some
people have entered your ranks who are not of you and
are only claimants. And thus some disorder has
occurred. So it has become necessary for a trial to
come, expel the filth, and purify the ranks. We ask
Allah for forgiveness and wellness.
Also, pride and conceit has entered some of our souls,
and thus some of us transgressed and oppressed others.
So it is necessary for the sins to be expelled, so
that you may return to your Lord. Allah has loved the
mujahidin, and so there is no choice but for Him to
take some martyrs. We ask Allah to make us of them,
not from the disgraced nor those afflicted [in their
religion].
O soldiers of the Islamic State, be ready for the
final campaign of the crusaders. Yes, by Allah's will,
it will be the final one. Thereafter, we will raid
them by Allah's permission and they will not raid us.
Be ready, for by Allah's permission you are befitting
for it. The crusaders have returned with a new
campaign. They have come so that the dust clears, the
fog disappears, and the masks fall, and thereby the
hoax of falsehood is exposed and the truth becomes
clearly visible, {That those who perished
[through disbelief] would perish upon evidence and
those who lived [in faith] would live upon evidence}
[Al-Anfāl: 42].
O America, O allies of America, and O crusaders, know
that the matter is more dangerous than you have
imagined and greater than you have envisioned. We have
warned you that today we are in a new era, an era
where the State, its soldiers, and its sons are
leaders not slaves. They are a people who through the
ages have not known defeat. The outcome of their
battles is concluded before they begin. They have not
prepared for a battle since the time of Noah except
with absolute conviction of victory. Being killed –
according to their account – is a victory. This is
where the secret lies. You fight a people who can
never be defeated. They either gain victory or are
killed. And O crusaders, you are losers in both
outcomes, because you are ignorant of the reality that
none of us is killed but to resurrect the dead amongst
us. None of us is killed but to leave behind him a
story that awakens the Muslims from their slumber by
its recount. And then you see the weak one of us – he
who has no experience in fighting and thinks he cannot
contribute anything practical on the ground, having no
goal except to be killed, so that he can illuminate
the path with his blood and thereby enliven the hearts
with his story, generation after generation. He makes
his body and remains a bridge for those who awaken
after him to pass over. This person has realized that
the life of his nation is through blood and the honor
of his nation is through blood. So he went on with a
bare chest and bare head towards death eagerly
searching for life and honor. If he survives, he lives
as a victor with freedom,
might, honor, and authority. And if he is killed, he
illuminates the path for those after him and goes on
to his Lord as a joyful martyr. He has taught those
after him that might, honor, and life are through
jihad and being killed, and that humiliation,
disgrace, and death are through submission and
subservience.
O crusaders, you have realized the threat of the
Islamic State, but you have not become aware of the
cure, and you will not discover the cure because there
is no cure. If you fight it, it becomes stronger and
tougher. If you leave it alone, it grows and expands.
If Obama has promised you with defeating the Islamic
State, then Bush has also lied before him. Indeed, our
Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, has promised us with
victory, and here we are now victorious. He will grant
us victory at every event. He is glorified and He does
not fail in His promise.
And so we promise you by Allah's permission that this
campaign will be your final campaign. It will be
broken and defeated, just as all your previous
campaigns were broken and defeated, except that this
time we will raid you thereafter, and you will never
raid us. We will conquer your Rome, break your
crosses, and enslave your women, by the permission of
Allah, the Exalted. This is His promise to us; He is
glorified and He does not fail in His promise. If we
do not reach that time, then our children and
grandchildren will reach it, and they will sell your
sons as slaves at the slave market.
On the authority of 'Abdullāh Ibn 'Amr Ibn al-'Ās (may
Allah the Exalted be pleased with both of them), who
said, "We were with Allah's Messenger (blessings and
peace be upon him) writing down what he was saying,
when he was asked, 'Which if the two cities will be
conquered first? Constantinople or Rome?' So Allah's
Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) said, 'The
city of Heraclius will be the first to be conquered.'"
Meaning the city of Constantinople. It was reported by
al-Hākim in "Al-Mustadrak" according to the conditions
of the two sheikhs (Bukhārī and Muslim) and declared
authentic by Imam adh-Dhahabī.
So mobilize your forces, O crusaders. Mobilize your
forces, roar with thunder, threaten whom you want,
plot, arm your troops, prepare yourselves, strike,
kill, and destroy us. This will not avail you. You
will be defeated. This will not avail you, for our
Lord, the Mighty, the Prevailing, has promised us with
our victory and your defeat. Send arms and equipment
to your agents and dogs. Prepare them with the most
modern equipment. Send them very much, for it will end
up as war booty in our hands by Allah's permission.
You will spend it, then it will be a source of regret
for you, then you will be defeated. Look at your
armored vehicles, machinery, weaponry, and equipment.
It is in our hands. Allah granted it to us. We fight
you with it. So die in your rage. {Indeed, those who
disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from
the way of Allah. So they will spend it; then it will
be for them a regret; then they will be overcome. And
those who have disbelieved – unto Hell they will be
gathered} [Al-Anfāl: 36].
And O Obama, O mule of the jews. You are vile. You are
vile. You are vile. And you will be disappointed,
Obama. Is this all you were capable of doing in this
campaign of yours? Is this how far America has reached
of incapacity and weakness? Are America and all its
allies from amongst the crusaders and atheists unable
to come down to the ground? Have you not realized – O
crusaders – that proxy wars have not availed you nor
will they ever avail you? Have you not realized, O
mule of the jews, that the battle cannot be decided
from the air at all? Or do you think that you are
smarter than Bush, your obeyed fool, when he brought
the armies of the cross and placed them under the fire
of the mujahidin on the ground? No, you are more
foolish than him.
You claimed to have withdrawn from Iraq – O Obama –
four years ago. We said to you then that you were
liars, that you had not withdrawn, and that if you had
withdrawn that you would
return, even if after some time, you would return.
Here you are; you have not withdrawn. Rather you hid
some of your forces behind your proxies and withdrew
the rest. Your forces will return greater in number
than they were before. You will return and your
proxies will not avail you. And if you are not able to
return, then we will come to your homeland by Allah's
permission.
O mule of the jews, you claimed today that America
would not be drawn to a war on the ground. No, it will
be drawn and dragged. It will come down to the ground
and it will be led to its death, grave, and
destruction. O Obama, you claimed that the hand of
America was long and could reach wherever it willed.
Then know that our knife is sharp and hard. It cuts
off the hands and strikes the necks. And our Lord –
the Majestic and Exalted – is watching over you. {Have
you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Ād and
[with] Iram who had lofty pillars, the likes of whom
had never been created in the land? And [with] Thamūd,
who carved out the rocks in the valley? And [with]
Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? [All of] whom oppressed
within the lands and increased therein the corruption.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Indeed, your Lord is ever watchful} [Al-Fajr: 6-14].
{As for 'Ād, they were arrogant upon the earth without
right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?"
Did they not consider that Allah who created them was
greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting
Our signs. So We sent upon them a screaming wind
during days of misfortune to make them taste the
punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the
punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and
they will not be helped} [Fussilat: 15-16].
O Americans, and O Europeans, the Islamic State did
not initiate a war against you, as your governments
and media try to make you believe. It is you who
started the transgression against us, and thus you
deserve blame and you will pay a great price. You will
pay the price when your economies collapse. You will
pay the price when your sons are sent to wage war
against us and they return to you as disabled
amputees, or inside coffins, or mentally ill. You will
pay the price as you are afraid of travelling to any
land. Rather you will pay the price as you walk on
your streets, turning right and left, fearing the
Muslims. You will not feel secure even in your
bedrooms. You will pay the price when this crusade of
yours collapses, and thereafter we will strike you in
your homeland, and you will never be able to harm
anyone afterwards. You will pay the price, and we have
prepared for you what will pain you.
O Muslims, America claimed when it first began this
crusade, that it was defending its interests in Erbil
and Baghdad and defending its citizens. Thereafter its
blunder became clear, and the falsehood of its claims
became obvious. It claimed that through its airstrikes
it would save those expelled and left homeless in
Iraq, and defend the civilians. Then it became clear
to America that the matter was more dangerous and
greater than it expected. So it started shedding
crocodile tears over the Muslims in Shām (the Levant).
It promised to save them and support them. It promised
to save them from the terrorists. While at the same
time, America and its allies remained watching the
plight of the Muslims upon the hands of the
nusayriyyah. They watched with happiness seeing the
killing, abuse, expulsion, and destruction, neither
interested in, nor concerned about, the hundreds of
thousands of dead, wounded, and imprisoned Muslims,
and the millions displaced – including men, women and
children – all over the world at the hands of the jews,
crusaders, rāfidah, nusayriyyah, hindus, atheists, and
apostates, in Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Egypt,
Tunisia, Libya, Burma, Nigeria, Somalia, Afghanistan,
Indonesia, India, China, the Caucasus, and elsewhere.
Its sentiments were not stirred during the long years
of siege and starvation in Shām, and it looked the
other way when the deadly and destructive barrel bombs
were being dropped. It was not outraged when it saw
the horrific scenes of the women and children of the
Muslims taking their last breaths with their eyes
glazed over due to the chemical weapons of the
nusayriyyah – scenes which continue to be repeated
everyday, exposing the reality of the farce of having
destroyed chemical weapons belonging to its nusayrī (alawite)
dogs, the guardians of the jews. America and its
allies were not emotionally
moved or outraged by any of this. They closed their
ears to the cries of distress from the weak, and
turned a blind eye to the massacres carried out
against the Muslims in every one of those lands for
years and years.
But when a state emerged for the Muslims that would
defend them, take revenge for them, and carry out
retribution, America and the crusaders started
shedding crocodile tears for the sake of a few hundred
rāfidī (shiite) and nusayrī criminal soldiers that the
Islamic State had taken as prisoners of war and then
executed. The hearts of America and its allies were
broken by the Islamic State when it cut off the rotten
heads of some agents, spies, and apostates. It was
terrified and its allies were terrified when the
Islamic State would flog and stone the fornicator, cut
off the hand of the thief, and strike the neck of the
sorcerer and the apostate.
So America and its allies rose in order to save the
world from the "terrorism and barbarity of the Islamic
State" as they allege. They rallied the entire global
media, driving it with false arguments to delude the
masses and lead them to believe that the Islamic State
was the root of evil and the source of corruption, and
that it was the one killing and displacing the people,
arresting and murdering those who are "peaceful,"
demolishing houses, destroying cities, and terrorizing
the women and children who were previously safe. The
media portrayed the crusaders as good, merciful,
noble, generous, honorable and passionate people who
feared for Islam and the Muslims the "corruption and
cruelty of the khawārij (a deviant, extremist sect) of
the Islamic State" as they allege. To the extent that
Kerry, the uncircumcised old geezer, suddenly became
an Islamic jurist, issuing a verdict to the people
that the Islamic State was distorting Islam, that what
it was doing was against Islamic teachings, and that
the Islamic State was an enemy of Islam. And to the
extent that Obama, the mule of the jews, suddenly
became a sheikh, mufti (Islamic scholar that issues
verdicts), and an Islamic preacher, warning the people
and preaching in defense of Islam, claiming that the
Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. This
occurred during six different addresses he made in the
span of a single month, all of them about the threat
of the Islamic State.
They turned into Islamic jurists, muftis, sheikhs, and
preachers, standing up for Islam and the Muslims, so
it appears that they no longer have confidence in the
ability or sincerity of their sorcerers in the various
committees of senior scholars working for the rulers –
committees of the supporters of the tawāghīt (rulers
ruling by manmade law).
Dear Muslims, America hasn't come with its crusade in
order to save the Muslims, nor does it spend its
wealth in spite of the collapse of its economy and
burden itself in order to arm and train the sahwah
councils in Shām and Iraq out of compassion and fear
for the mujahidin from the "cruelty of the khawārij,"
and out of support for them as they allege.
{I wish my people could know!} [Yāsīn: 26].
Do the crusaders rush to the support of the mujahidin
fighting on the path of Allah, and rush to rescue and
save them from the khawārij? "Live long enough and
you'll see strange things!" Woe to my people! When
will they remember?
Allah the Exalted said, {Neither those who disbelieve
from the People of the Scripture nor the polytheists
wish that any good should be sent down to you from
your Lord} [Al-Baqarah: 105].
Likewise, Allah the Exalted said about the people of
the scripture (jews and christians), {And they will
continue to fight you until they turn you back from
your religion if they are able} [Al-Baqarah: 217].
So America has not come for any reason other than to
wage war against Islam and the Muslims. It has not
gathered its allies and spent its wealth for any
reason other than to break the strength
of the mujahidin. So you have the statement of Allah
on one hand, and the claim of the crusaders on the
other. Who are you going to believe, O Muslims?
Then will you not reason?
The hearts of the crusaders did not denounce anything,
nor were their sentiments stirred or their tears shed,
except when they saw the rāfidī-safavid army and their
dogs in the Iraq war collapse in the face of the
strikes carried out by the mujahidin, fleeing like
rats, and being crushed like insects under the feet of
the muwahhidīn (monotheists).
Indeed, America went mad and its allies lost their
senses when the nusayrī forces, guard dogs of the jews,
began collapsing in terror and fleeing in panic in the
face of the mujahidin's advance. America and its
allies had their hearts broken when they saw a group
of nusayriyyah being herded by the soldiers of the
Islamic State like animals, and slaughtered like
sheep, in the largest battle the nusayriyyah had lost
in their entire black history, so that the Islamic
State could begin its march towards Damascus.
It was only then that the crusaders realized the
extent of the threat. It was only then that their
emotions and sentiments were stirred. It was only then
that their hearts spoke and their tears flowed. It was
only then that they suffered pain and anguish. It was
only then that America and its allies rose in alarm
and summoned one another, terrified. The jews! The
jews! Save the jews!
This is the reason they came. This is the purpose of
their mobilization.
And, I wish my people could know! I wish my people
could know!
Indeed, the reality of their opposition and resistance
has become very clear, and the nusayriyyah and rāfidah
were not able to contain themselves. The nusayriyyah
began openly calling for America's help, and welcoming
their strikes against the Islamic State, completely
forgetting their alleged sovereignty, their imaginary
strength and capabilities, and their enmity towards
America, which in fact was just a lie.
Likewise Iran, as it emerged that it had allied itself
with its "great Satan," when the uncircumcised old
geezer, Kerry, recently declared that Iran had a role
in the war against the Islamic State. So it became
clear that their opposition was for the sake of
protecting the jews and the crusaders, and that the
resistance was a resistance against Islam and the
mujahidin.
O Sunnis of Iraq, the time has come for you to learn
from the lessons of the past, and to learn that
nothing will work with the rāfidah other than slicing
their throats and striking their necks. They make
themselves out to be helpless so that they can take
power, they conceal their hatred, enmity, and rage
towards Sunnis, they plot and conspire against them,
and they trick and deceive them. They display false
affection towards them and flatter them as long as
Sunnis are strong. And they keep pace with them,
compete with them, and work hard to weaken them when
they are on equal footing.
But if one day they overcome them, they bare their
fangs and reveal their claws, biting them, tearing
them apart, killing them, and humiliating them.
History is right there in front of you, O Sunnis, so
read it. How many times have the rāfidah conspired
against the Sunnis, and what do they do to them when
they gain power?
Read their history and look at how they are in the
present. Indeed, their idiot Nouri has shown you their
true face, so do not let their new snake deceive you
with his soft touch and sweet tongue. You have been
stung through the hole of reconciliation before with
Nouri, so beware.
Our dear people of Shām, you can see the reality
becoming clearer day after day. Take a lesson from our
people in Iraq, for history repeats itself. Indeed,
the crusaders began building the
Iraqi-safavid army by training its core in Jordan,
with a few thousand soldiers, as they have decided to
do today with regard to Shām. So what did the Sunnis
get out of that army other than to have the rāfidah
completely gain power over them? They tasted
humiliation, disgrace, and many misfortunes at the
hands of that army over a period of ten years.
Furthermore, what did the sons of the Sunnis get out
of joining that army other than apostasy from the
religion of Allah, the destruction of their homes, and
having their heads cut off? And those of them who
lived, lived in continuous terror and a persistent
state of fear, not knowing when he'd be taken by a
bullet, or have his joints cut by an adhesive IED, or
be deformed by an explosive or bomb, or be suffocated
to death, or have a knife cutting his neck, or when he
would return to find his home demolished, left in
pieces after it was once whole. And for what would all
this have been for? So take a lesson, O people of
intelligence.
{And how many a generation before them did We destroy
who were greater than them in [striking] power and had
explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of
escape? Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a
heart or who listens while he is present [in mind]} [Qāf:
36-37].
So pay attention, O Sunnis. For the army that they
have decided to prepare today by Āl Salūl (the Saudis)
is nothing more than a new set of guard dogs for the
jews, and a stick in the hands of the crusaders to be
used against Islam and the mujahidin. Therefore, we
advise the mujahidin in Shām to target anyone who
joins that army or intends to join it. And he who has
given his warning is free of blame.
As for the sahwah councils and their political
sponsors, they will not be able to hide their reality
after today. Their reality, that they are the sahwah
councils and the shoes of the crusaders, will emerge
very clearly.
So rally around the mujahidin, O Sunnis of Shām, and
stop your sons from joining the army and the sahwah
councils, for what good is there in an army built by
the crusaders which they then train on the laps of the
tawāghīt. So prevent your sons, and whoever of them
refuses to listen, let him not blame anyone but
himself if there comes to him a day in which he digs
his grave with his own hands, his head is cut off, and
his house is demolished. And the blessed one is he who
learns from the lessons of others.
To Allah belongs honor, and to His Messenger, and to
the believers. And the final outcome will be in favor
of the righteous.
Let us not forget before ending to praise our
mujahidin brothers in the bold Sinai Peninsula, for
hope has emerged in Egypt and good news has loomed
with their blessed operations against the guards of
the jews, the soldiers of Sisi, the new Pharaoh of
Egypt. Carry on upon this path, for it is the correct
path, may Allah bless you. Disperse those behind them
wherever you may find them. Rig the roads with
explosives for them. Attack their bases. Raid their
homes. Cut off their heads. Do not let them feel
secure. Hunt them wherever they may be. Turn their
worldly life into fear and fire. Remove their families
from their homes and thereafter blowup their homes. Do
not say it is a fitnah (tribulation). Rather the
fitnah is that their tribes defend them and do not
disavow them. {He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of
your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other
than righteous"} [Hūd: 46]. {If you do not do so,
there will be fitnah on earth and great corruption}
[Al-Anfāl: 73].
And to our brothers the muwahhidīn in beloved Libya,
until when will you remain dispersed and divided? Why
do you not gather your groups, unify, unite your word,
and solidify your ranks? Why do you not identify who
is with you and who is against you? Your division is
from Satan. {Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in
His cause in a row as though they are a [single]
structure joined firmly} [As-Saff: 4].
We also call out to the muwahhidīn in the robbed land
of Tunisia, follow the footsteps of your brothers in
Egypt. O brother in tawhīd (monotheism), what do you
wait for while the tawāghīt have prevented you from
making da'wah (calling to the religion)? They
prohibited you also from emigrating and opened for you
their prisons of false freedom. They arrest your
brothers every day and kill them. What do you wait
for? Do you wait for the life of humiliation and
disgrace? Or do you love the worldly life and hate
death? Rise against them for the muhwahhid
(monotheist) is an army by himself. Where are the
descendants of 'Uqbah, Mūsā, and Tāriq? {Fight them;
Allah will punish them by your hands and will disgrace
them and give you victory over them and satisfy the
breasts of a believing people} [At-Tawbah: 14].
As for Yemen, then O alas for what has come upon
Yemen. Alas! Alas for Sanaa. The rafidī houthis have
entered it, but the car bombs have not roasted their
skin, nor have the explosive belts and IEDs cut their
joints. Is there not in Yemen a person who will take
revenge for us from the houthis? {And if you turn
away, He will replace you with another people; then
they will not be the likes of you} [Muhammad: 38].
O muwahhidīn in Europe, America, Australia, and
Canada… O muwahhidīn in Morocco and Algeria… O
muwahhidīn in Khorasan, the Caucasus, and Iran… O
muwahhidīn everywhere upon the face of the earth… O
brothers in creed… O people of walā' (allegiance to
the Muslims) and barā' (disavowal of disbelievers)… O
patrons of the Islamic State… O you who have given
bay'ah (pledge of allegiance) to the Caliph Ibrāhīm
everywhere… O you who have loved the Islamic State… O
you who support the Caliphate… O you who consider
yourselves from amongst its soldiers and patrons…
Your state is facing a new campaign by the crusaders.
So O muwahhid, wherever you may be, what are you going
to do to support your brothers? What do you wait for
as the people have become two encampments and the heat
of the war increases day by day? O muwahhid, we call
you up to defend the Islamic State. Dozens of nations
have gathered against it. They began their war against
us at all levels. So rise O muwahhid. Rise and defend
your state from your place wherever you may be. Rise
and defend your Muslim brothers, for their homes,
families, and wealth are threatened and deemed lawful
by their enemies. They are facing a battle which is of
the decisive, critical battles in the history of
Islam. If the Muslims are defeated, they will be
humiliated in such a manner that no humiliation
compares to. And if the Muslims are victorious – and
this will be the case by Allah's permission – they
will be honored with all honor by which the Muslims
will return to being the masters of the world and
kings of the earth.
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by
wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers,
patrons, and troops of the tawāghīt. Strike their
police, security, and intelligence members, as well as
their treacherous agents. Destroy their beds. Embitter
their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If
you can kill a disbelieving American or European –
especially the spiteful and filthy French – or an
Australian, or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever
from the disbelievers waging war, including the
citizens of the countries that entered into a
coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon
Allah, and kill him in any manner or way however it
may be. Do not ask for anyone's advice and do not seek
anyone's verdict. Kill the disbeliever whether he is
civilian or military, for they have the same ruling.
Both of them are disbelievers. Both of them are
considered to be waging war [the civilian by belonging
to a state waging war against the Muslims]. Both of
their blood and wealth is legal for you to destroy,
for blood does not become illegal or legal to spill by
the clothes being worn. The civilian outfit does not
make blood illegal to spill, and the military uniform
does not make blood legal to spill. The only things
that make blood illegal and legal to spill are Islam
and a covenant (peace treaty, dhimma, etc.). Blood
becomes legal to spill through disbelief. So
whoever is a Muslim, his blood and wealth are
sanctified. And whoever is a disbeliever, his wealth
is legal for a Muslim to take and his blood is legal
to spill. His blood is like the blood of a dog; there
is no sin for him in spilling it nor is there any
blood money to be paid for doing such.
Allah the Exalted said, {And when the sacred months
have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you
find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in
wait for them at every place of ambush} [At-Tawbah:
5].
And He the Exalted said, {So when you meet those who
disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks}
[Muhammad: 4].
And Allah's Messenger (blessings and peace be upon
him) said, "The disbeliever and his killer will never
gather in Hellfire." And he said, "Whoever kills a
disbeliever, then he can have his loot [which is on
his person]."
So O muwahhid… O you who believes in walā' and barā'…
will you leave the American, the Frenchman, or any of
their allies to walk safely upon the earth while the
armies of the crusaders strike the lands of the
Muslims not differentiating between a civilian and
fighter? They have killed nine Muslim women three days
ago by striking a bus transporting them from Shām to
Iraq. Will you leave the disbeliever to sleep safely
at home while the Muslim women and children shiver
with fear of the roars of the crusader airplanes above
their heads day and night? How can you enjoy life and
sleep while not aiding your brothers, not casting fear
into the hearts of the cross worshippers, and not
responding to their strikes with multitudes more?
So O muwahhid wherever you may be, hinder those who
want to harm your brothers and state as much as you
can. The best thing you can do is to strive to your
best and kill any disbeliever, whether he be French,
American, or from any of their allies.
{O you who have believed, take your precaution and
[either] go forth in companies or go forth all
together} [An-Nisā': 71].
If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then
single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or
any of their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or
slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your
car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke
him, or poison him. Do not lack. Do not be
contemptible. Let your slogan be, "May I not be saved
if the cross worshipper and taghūt (ruler ruling by
manmade laws) patron survives."
If you are unable to do so, then burn his home, car,
or business. Or destroy his crops.
If you are unable to do so, then spit in his face. If
your self refuses to do so, while your brothers are
being bombarded and killed, and while their blood and
wealth everywhere is deemed lawful by their enemies,
then review your religion. You are in a dangerous
condition because the religion cannot be established
without walā' and barā'.
Finally, we do not want to forget to direct a message
towards our Muslim people and brothers from the Kurds
in Iraq, Shām, and elsewhere. Our war with Kurds is a
religious war. It is not a nationalistic war – we seek
the refuge of Allah. We do not fight Kurds because
they are Kurds. Rather we fight the disbelievers
amongst them, the allies of the crusaders and jews in
their war against the Muslims. As for the Muslim
Kurds, then they are our people and brothers wherever
they may be. We spill our blood to save their blood.
The Muslim Kurds in the ranks of the Islamic State are
many. They are the toughest of fighters against the
disbelievers amongst their people.
O Allah, America, France, and their allies
transgressed against us. They came with their legions
to fight us out of their enmity for your religion.
They prevent us from establishing your religion
and your hudūd (fixed punishments), and ruling by what
you revealed. O Allah, you know our weakness. We have
no way to deal with their airplanes. O Allah, you have
said what is true, {So do not weaken and do not
grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true]
believers} [Āli 'Imrān: 139]. O Allah, we have
believed in you and relied upon you. You are
sufficient for us and the best disposer of affairs. O
Allah, America and its allies disbelieve in you and
associate partners with you. O Allah, you have placed
them above us by their airplanes. O Allah, you know we
have no power nor strength against their planes except
through You. O Allah, do not let them be above us
while You are above them. O Allah, do not let them be
above us while we are higher than them. O Allah, do
not let them be above us while we are higher than
them. There is no god but You. You are glorified and
You do not fail in Your promise. We ask your
forgiveness and repent to you. O Allah, you will
prevent them from harming us with whatever You will
and however You will. You are the Mighty and
Compeller. O Allah, you will bring them down to the
ground and place us above them. You are the King, the
Prevailing. O Allah, make it their last crusader
campaign, so that we raid them and they do not raid
us. There is no god but You. You are glorified. We
have been among the wrongdoers. We ask your
forgiveness and repent to you, so do not hold us
responsible for what the foolish among us may have
done. You are sufficient for us and the best disposer
of affairs. We take shelter with You, and entrust our
affairs to You. You are glorified, glorified. You are
the best protector and helper.
May blessings and peace be upon our prophet Muhammad,
and all his family and companions.
Our final call is: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the
worlds !