until they pay tribute and accept subjection. Otherwise, the reason for fighting is not obvious. There is no indication here that the People of the Book have attacked the Muslims. This and the following verses seem to suggest that the fighting is simply because the Quran accuses Jews and Christians of believing wrongly. Along with 9.5, Muslim jurists who formulated Islamic Law considered verse 29 to be one of the most important verses for defining the relationship of Muslims to non-Muslims. Muslim