The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 47
47 Merciful 44. " 45 Could such sentiments have arisen from within the hearts of those who were witnessing that—despite their repentance—the commandment to chop off their heads had been issued? What a grotesquely cruel allegation against the Holy Qur’an is this ! And what an openly audacious deviation is this from the intent of the Holy Qur’an! But, then they [the mullahs] have the audacity to say, in support of their belief that apostasy is a capital crime, that they base their argument on the Qur’an. They seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that a person of even modest intelligence would not be able to see through their snare and rid himself free of it. The truth is that a person of even a modest degree of intelligence would not allow himself to be entrapped in this snare, in the first place. And the reason is that the above verses of the Holy Qur’an permit no one at all to use them for the justification for awarding capital punishment to the apostates. If this statement of the Qur’an is deemed to be correct that the entire people became apostate except Moses and Aaron, then who killed whom? Could it be shown, even by implication, that Prophet Moses as and Prophet Aaron as got together and killed their entire people, and only spared the life of their 44 Look, how lovable is your God—how frequently does He accept repentance! And how Merciful is He! [Author] 45 The Holy Qur’an 2:55. [Publisher]