“Battle has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah knows, while you know not. (216). they ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. 

Allah (swt) clarified in these verses the following: 1. After Allah (swt) drove Adam (as) out of Paradise, sending him to the earth, people during the era of Adam (as) were accepting of servitude to Allah (swt) at first, by believing in Him, being one Ummah. Ummah here refers to a group of people with a single ‘Aqeedah (doctrine).

These noble verses clarify the following: 1- Some of the Jews who had newly become Muslims thought that if they kept believing in some of the Torah, it would not harm their Iman (belief) at all. Thus, Allah (swt) clarified to them that entering into Iman requires belief in all that He (swt) has revealed i.e. everything in Islam and abandoning the creeds of Kufr.

Allah (swt) clarifies in this verse as follows: 1- Glorifying the greatness of Allah (i.e. saying Takbir) after the prayers during the day of Nahr (10th day of Dhul Hijjah) and the days of Tashreeq (11th to 13th day of Dhul Hijjah) and also during the slaughtering (of animals) and throwing pebbles (at Jamrat).