In one of his substacks, Rosenthal points out the two “versions” of the Qu’ran: the Meccan Period and the Medinan Period. The Meccan Period is a period of “constraint,” during which Muhammad had little power and had to present himself as unthreatening. These are the passages in the Qu’ran that are cited by Muslims that show Islam as a religion of peace. “The Medinan period, after the migration to Medina and the formation of a Muslim political and military state, produced the harder verses about warfare, subjugation, and the treatment of unbelievers.”
In one of his substacks, Rosenthal points out the two “versions” of the Qu’ran: the Meccan Period and the Medinan Period. The Meccan Period is a period of “constraint,” during which Muhammad had little power and had to present himself as unthreatening. These are the passages in the Qu’ran that are cited by Muslims that show Islam as a religion of peace. “The Medinan period, after the migration to Medina and the formation of a Muslim political and military state, produced the harder verses about warfare, subjugation, and the treatment of unbelievers.”
(https://acrosenthal.substack.com/p/i-read-the-entire-quran-all-the-hadiths)
I should add that Islam says that the Medinan verses supersede the Meccan ones.