No Compulsion In Religion- Threat Of Punishment
I mean I wonder if it’s the physical ability to be able to choose to disbelieve or believe. I don’t know.
This ties in with this disucssion: Discussion 41629 . Perhaps it does refer to freewill. What does Ghamidi sahab say on this matter @UmerQureshi ?
Sorry I don’t get it. The directive of no compulsion was for the same people that itmam e hujjat occurred to. Now if they are being escorted to a safe place to hear the word of God where they can ‘contemplate’ to accept Islam or die- this is like saying if I am holding a gun to someone to give me their money I’m not compelling them- all I’m saying is make your choice and reap its outcomes. The difference is I am affecting their choice here. The same way someone would be forced to accept Islam if they don’t want to die. Which is 90% of people.
Shoaib you answered your question yourself. If all the given time for those people had expired and Allah had decided that they need to be destroyed, then giving them extra time and another chance to think about is a luxury Allah didn’t give to any other people he destroyed himself in the past. So I do not see how they were forced to accept Islam.