English Explanatory Dictionary

sword verse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a number of verses in the Qur'an that may be interpreted as promoting violence against nonbelievers.

Word forms

sword verse sword verses

Etymology

Calque of Arabic آيَات السَّيْف (ʔāyāt as-sayf, “sword verses”).

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