Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 133
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa 58 لا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّيْنِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ فَمَنْ يُكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوْتِ وَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَا ، وَاللهُ سَمِيْعُ عَلِيْم 0 ط la ikraha fiddini qattabayya narrushdu minal ghayyi famañyyakfur bittaghūti wa yu'mim billahi faqadistamsaka bil ‘urwatil wuthqa lanfisama laha wallahu sami‘un ‘alim. There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in. Allāh, has surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allāh is. All-Hearing and All-Knowing. (2:257) وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّى لَا تَكُوْنَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُوْنَ الدِّينُ كُلُّه لِلَّهِ، فَإِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا يَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِيرٌ ) wa qatiluhum hatta la takūna fitnatuñwwa yakunaddinu kulluhū lillahi fa inintahau fa innallaha bimā ya‘malūna başır. And fight them until there is no persecution and religion is wholly for Allāh. But if they desist, then surely Allāh is Watchful of what they do. (8:40). Thus the first and foremost object of the wars of Islām was and will always be, to establish freedom of belief and worship and to fight in defense of country, honor and freedom against an unprovoked attack. . Could there be a better cause to fight for than this? The Islamic injunctions as embodied in the present verse did not remain merely pious principles. . They were acted upon by the Muslims in their daily life. The Muslims in the hey-day of their power and glory always allowed complete freedom of 133