In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
In Verse 2:193, the Qur'aan urges believers to fight till corruption/persecution ends و يكون الدين لله. The part of the Verse which I have purposely left in Arabic could well be rendered as 'and the way of life becomes (free) for Allah'.
I have so rendered it because Allah Almighty has obviously given mankind the freedom of choice. Any human is free even to deny the very existence of Allah! He/she will not be punished on this earth just because of such denial so long as that person does not indulge in the persecution of or oppression to others. It is for Allah Almighty to deal with such a person, in the Hereafter!
Believers are urged to fight persecution/oppression and not the personal belief of any individual. Compulsion on anything, by itself, is persecution!
Mohammad Shafi
Friday, the 28th of May 2021
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