No Compulsion In Religion- Threat Of Punishment
http://lexicon.quranic-research.net/data/22_k/081_krh.htmlHere the word اكره is shown to mean making someone do something against their will. Eg forcing them. Isn’t that what the threats of punishment and reminders of thamud and aad basically boils down to? Accept or I will punish you. That is forcing someone to do something
As I showed above ikrah means dislike not really freedom of will
Yes, it is a different morphology but with same root word. This is sometimes for slight nuance, I forgot what the difference is when it is تفعل form. But still. Both are terms for dislike snd not to do with freewill
It doesn’t compel any one to convert like the compulsion of holding a gun to the head. But perhaps one could argue it is compulsion
The nature of universe is cause and effect. Free will is relative because of the natute of the physical world that has hard limitations and repercussions and morality has repercussions with no hard limitations. The law of the land says that I will be fined if I drive more than 100km/hr. My free will and freedom give me the choice of not driving or driving at any speed upto 100km/hr with out penalty or drive faster and accepting the consequences. I choose to drive faster despite knowing the repercussions. My physical “hard” limitations stop me from flying my car or driving beyond the capabilities of the car or my driving skills which bear repercussions of morbidity or mortality of my body or that of others. My moral “soft” limitations will “try” to stop me from driving fast but I can still drive disregarding it, for which I will accept and suffer the consequences at my own volition. I have accepted the consequences of injury and or death of myself and also that of other human beings. The problem is that of confusing compulsion with consequences and also not realizing that there no such thing as absolute free will. When we figure this out, we will be able to understand “there is no compulsion in religion” and “hell is for the deniers” apparent contradiction.