Kur'an-ı Kerim'deki cihat hükümlerinin anlaşılmasında vahyin bağlamı ve sebeplerinin etkisi / The impact of context and reasons of revelation in understanding the verses of jihad in the Holy Qur'an

In this thesis, I have studied an important topic related to the understanding of the verses of Jihad in the Noble Qur'an in the light of the context and reasons or occasions of revelation, and its impact on understanding of those verses and deriving correct rulings from them. Because many of these verses can be misunderstood if they are not placed in the context that they were revealed, or not examined all the related verses on together according to the subject's unity and harmony. First of all, in this research I have shown the importance of the context and the reasons and surrounding circumstances of revelation in this matter, then I explained the meaning and reality of Jihad and stages of its legislation, and I mentioned the types of Jihad: defensive jihad and offensive jihad, with an expanded study on the second type in which many contemporary scholars have different view compared to the previous scholars, followed by a discussion of the evidences and arguments of each group. Later on, I have mentioned the verses related to the fighting that occurred between Muslims, and then dealt with the verses that spoke about jihad. However, I divided it into two parts: the verses that were revealed before Surah Al-Tawbah, and the verses that were revealed in Surah Al-Tawbah. After indicating to the brief interpretation of those verses, I explained their context and the reasons of their revelation, and explained its impact on a proper understanding of them. Keywords: Impact of context, Offensive jihad, Defensive jihad, the reasons of the Revelation.