Minorities in an Islamic State — Page 72
72 the significance of the words So that people may have no plea against Allah. Elsewhere the Holy Quran speaks of the wrath of God against those who use force to stop others to preach their religion. It says: َّ ب َّ الْقَّرْیَّة ِ ۘ اِذ ْ ج َّٓاءَّهَّا ا ْلْ رْسَّلوْن م ْ ْلَّ م ْ مَّثَّل اَّصْح و َّ اضْرِب ْ اِذ ْ ُْه َّا فَّعَّزَّزْنَّا بِثَّالِث فَّقَّالوْٰۤا اِنَّا ٰۤ اِلَّيْكم اَّرْسَّلْنَّا ٰۤ اِلَّيْهِم اثْنَّی ِْ فَّكَّذَّبو َّ مرْسَّلوْن ۙ َِل َّ بَّشَّر ٌ مِثْلنَّا قَّالوْا مَّا ٰۤ اَّنْتم ْ ا ْ ن مِن ْم و َّ مَّا ٰۤ اَّنْزَّل َّ الرَّح َّ َِل َّ تَّكْذِبوْن َشَّْء ۙ اِن ْ اَّنْتم ْ ا ْ قَّالوْا رَّبنَّا یَّعْلَّم اِنَّا ٰۤ اِلَّيْكم َّ ْلَّ رْسَّلوْن ْ َِل َّ الْبَّلمغ ا ْلْ بِی و َّ مَّا عَّلَّیْنَّا ٰۤ ا ۚ ْ قَّالوْٰۤا اِنَّا تَّط َّْی َّْنَّا بِكم َّ لَّىِن ْ لَّم ْ تَّنْتَّهوْا ل ٌ َْج َّنَّكم ْ و َّ لَّيَّمَّسَّنَّكم ْ مِنَّا عَّذَّاب ٌ اَّلِيْم نَّر قَّالوْا ؕ ْ كم ْ مَّعَّكم ط َّٓاىِر ْ اَّىِن ْؕ ذكِرْتم ْ بَّل ْ اَّنْتم ٌ قَّوْم َّ مسْرِفوْن "And set forth to them the parable of a people of the town, when the Messengers came to it. When We sent to them two Messengers and they rejected them both; so we strengthened them by a third, and they said, 'verily we have been sent to you as Messengers'. They replied, 'You are but men like us and the Gracious God has not revealed anything. You only lie. 'They said, 'Our Lord knows that we are indeed His Messengers to you; And on us lies only the plain delivery of the Message'. They said, 'Surely we augur evil