The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 49
49 then, consequently, God granted them a new life. And they used to marvel at it, in gratitude, as to how God had infused a new life in them, spiritually, and how it surely occasioned gratitude on their part. OPINIONS OF THE EARLIER EXEGETES There are still more arguments based on the verses of the Holy Qur’an but, since the contemporary ulema are comparatively more favourably inclined towards the fatwas passed by the medieval theologians and religious scholars—than they are towards the Holy Qur’an—I would not embark on the discussion of additional verses of the Holy Qur’an and, instead, present here the views given in a few commentaries of the Holy Qur’an. 1. In Tafs i r R uh ul Bay a n, it is stated: