A Critical Reading of the Idea of Contradiction of the Principle of “No Harm” with Islamic Resistance from the Qurʾanic Perspective

The cost and the consequences of resistance against and confronting with the world hegemony and global arrogance is one of the present-day subjects and issues about which various viewpoints are expressed. Some consider resistance necessary and take the principle of ‘No Harm’ as referring to the verses speaking of the necessity of resistance. On the one hand, there are verses which prevent us from accepting the hegemony and dominance of the disbelievers (pagans) and the important and functional principle of ‘No harm’ prohibit us from doing whatever is harmful to the lives and properties of Muslims on the other. In this article, the relation between the mentioned verses has been investigated and the necessity of resistance against the dominance of the arrogants on the basis of the QurÞanic verses as well as the principle of ‘No Harm’ has been established. Accordingly, the principle of ‘No Harm’ is not in contradiction with the verses denoting resistance, but it even supports them.