76. A war cannot be waged without a government to lead.

Verses (2:247, 2:248) talk about the history of a prophet earlier to him. 

The followers of this prophet were tormented and banished from their town. Though they were subjected to the extent of being banished they did not fight back under their prophet’s command, instead they requested their prophet to appoint a king under whom they were ready to fight back. As a response to their prayer, Al-Mighty God appointed a king by the name of Taloot and made fighting against injustice a mandatory duty for men.

From the history quoted above in the Quran we understand about two different laws: 

1.The first law we come to recognize here is the necessity for a government and a leader to wage and plan a war.

Because as can be seen from the above, though the community was subjected to innumerable torments, they did not fight back in spite of them having all the justification to do so.

The prophet who led them did not do it, but they demanded a king to lead them which was granted, and they started their fight against their enemies. 

If there wasn’t a necessity for a leader and a government to wage a war, Allah would not have granted their wish for the same.

2. Messengers of Allah were sent not to capture power in this world, rather to guide people towards the ideology of monotheism and morality.

Because a king is appointed by God Al-Mighty when a prophet is alive, and a necessity created by God where the messenger had to fight under him. God did not announce the prophet himself as the king. We come to understand that the messengers were not sent to this world to capture power. 

This stands as a warning to those who cite these verses to justify violence in the name of Jihad. We can conclude, the violence perpetrated by these people in the name of God is not a good act from this history narrated in the Quran. Organizing a fringe group and declaring ‘War in the name of Allah’, brain washing people to take arms and perpetrate violence are not the one categorized as jihadis but terrorists.

A community, though under a prophet, needs to create a government to wage a war is the message conveyed here, and this verse also belies the claim of these people.

To know more about war, terrorism, jihad please refer point explanations no's, 53, 54, 55, 89, 197, 198, 199, 203, 359