The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 168
168 out and for this all kinds of efforts were made by them. Just as Allah the Exalted declares: they tried all plans and Allah the Exalted also planned in response and indeed Allah is the best of the planners. YOU ARE DEVOID OF SHAME! Let us pause and reflect. The history that has been preserved by the Holy Qur’an and which has been, time and again, presented to us with great clarity— citing by name all the Prophets as from the time of Hadrat N uh as to the Holy Prophet sa —reminding us, repeatedly and categorically, that the opponents of all Prophets as were united in the belief that Prophets as were apostates who needed to be punished. The enemy of the Prophet as of each era is in agreement and unanimity with the enemy of the Prophet as of another era that there should definitely be a punishment for apostasy, whether one is killed, imprisoned or driven out of home, but punished they must be. In particular it is imperative to punish that apostate who also preaches his faith to others. With reference to this history Allah, the Exalted, constantly tells us that those people were false and cruel who proposed punishment for apostasy. They supported force in matters of faith and openly expressed their views in this regard. The Holy Prophet sa and all the other Prophets as , without exception, dismissed these claims, declared them false, wretched and unfortunate. They made the