No Compulsion In Religion- Threat Of Punishment
This is a very interesting point and I wonder if the Arabic supports such interpretation. لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انفِصَامَ لَهَا وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيم 2:256 The Quran is saying that there is no compulsion (do what you want), the truth has been made clear from the falsehood. So I don’t really see how you could take this to mean freewill- it doesn’t seem to fit the context