Soft War and its Coping Strategies from the Perspective of the Quran

According to verse 19 from the Hood chapter of the Quran (Who bebar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter), dissuading people from the path of God and worship emanates from the attempts of falsehood to show it to be crooked, which may be regarded as an example of the course of the soft war of the enemy. Hence, the purpose of this research work is to analyze soft war and its coping strategies from the perspective of the Quran. Given the nature of the subject, the descriptive-analytical research method has been utilized to deal with it. In terms of typology, this research can be categorized as a theoretical-practical study. The required data were collecting using the library sources and documents, especially the holy Quran. The results revealed that defining the concept of soft war, the Quran points out various methods of soft war some of which include defamation, characterization, apostasy, rumoring, threat and sanctions. Also, the coping strategies of soft war have mentioned in the Book of God: following the teachings of religion and heavenly leaders, having insight, paying attention to the family function, boosting morale and increasing cheerfulness, having patience and virtue, the enhancement of enemy identification, the revival of the promotion of the good and prevention of the evil, paying attention to the unity promoting factors, the hope for the future and the reinforcement of the military dimension.