Oh, you who have believed, you kill the Kuffar in between you and let them find harshness in you; and you know that indeed, Lord Allah is with the heedful.
Kuffar mentioned in this verse includes all literates from last Messenger’s people other than the believers who only testify and follow Adhikr. The Kuffar are the Arabic Quran reading Fujjar who are repeatedly hiding and rejecting the verses of Lord as explained in verse 9: 68. They are the worst creatures near Lord Allah as told in verse 8: 22. These aimless and heedless people only prefer bodily and worldly life ignoring the soul and the Hereafter. As explained in verses 9: 67-68 they are commanding evil and are forbidding the good. The command of this verse is to be implemented when there is a group of believers. Since there is no group of believers anywhere in the world, the odd-believer should propagate Adhikr to entire worlds especially for the ‘other-people’ belonging to Messenger’s community such as Jains, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Christians as explained in verses 6: 89-90. It is told in verse 48: 29: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are hard towards the Kuffar and are compassionate in between each other”. Today the ‘other-people’ belonging to Messenger’s community are closer to Lord and Messenger than the Arabic Quran reading Fujjar-Kuffar. That is why they are behaving harshly towards these Kuffar. Due to the negligence towards Adhikr, these Kuffar are suffering humiliation all over the world as explained in verse 2: 85. The command of verse 9: 123 as well as 4: 91; 9: 5 and 33: 60-61 to kill the Kuffar will be implemented by the other people who will approve Islam after the second coming of Jesus as explained in verses 4: 158-159. See explanations 1: 7; 2: 254 and 4: 140.