Option To Either Accept Islam Or Face Death Seems Compulsion For Polytheists
The point is that normally Messengers are sent to nations so the people either accept Islam or face the consequences of rejecting Allah. Before the phase of reward/punishment begins, one is free to accept Islam freely or reject it freely, after that the consequences will manifest. For people of Messengers, it manifest here just like it will manifest on Day of Judgment. If the Messengers do not gain political power/upperhand in the situation then Allah sends a divine punishment (e.g Nuh (AS) and his nation being drowned) but if the Messengers do gain power then the Messengers and his followers will deliver the punishment. So even in the case of Nuh (AS), the ones who entered the boat to save themselves, did so to save their lives because they understood the warning of Allah and accepted the terms. Thus they were allowed to live in this life, rest were drowned to death. This is the case in Prophet Muhammad as well, as soon as Itmam-e-Hujjat was completed, Allah gave the kuffar a time to consider their choice and after that His punishment manifested, either in form of sword by His permission or in case of Nuh, by drowning. You may check the videos in the link below along with this additional video below: Discussion 37972 • Reply 37979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6ePONw0Fs