God – An Idea Of Burning People With Fire
Whatever the Wise, Just and All-Knowing Lord decides. But the basic demand of justice is that, they must be answerable i.e they can’t be ignored for their rebellion. After they are made to stand in the court, it’s up to the Judge to decide based on principle. He may forgive them or punish them appropriately, but calling them to account is not wrong for Him in any way.
We punish attempted murder and actual murder differently as far as I am aware. We punsh those who harm others because of the pain it causes, not because of some abstract violation of rights. Let me ask you what I think is the crux of this issue: what does it mean to ‘rebel’ against Allah? Why is it bad?