Through Force or Faith? — Page 8
?— A Reply to Pope Benedict XVI 8 was spread by force as the non-Muslims claim? They claim that the Kaiser had knowledge about the commandments of the Quran. So let’s see what the Quran says. Allah, the Exalted, says: َو ِلُق ُّقَحْلا ْنِم ْمُكِّبَّر١۫ ْنَمَف َءٓاَش ْنِمْؤُيْلَف َّو ْنَم َءٓاَش ْرُفْكَيْلَف And say, It is the truth from your Lord; wherefore let him who will, believe, and let him who will, disbelieve. ( S u rah al-Kahf, 18:30) Allah, the Exalted, had the Holy Prophet s as make the declaration to the world that Islam is the ‘Truth’ and is from your Lord. Let whosoever believe in it and let whosoever deny it because: ۤاَل َهاَرْكِا يِف ِنْيِّدلا There should be no compulsion in religion. ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:257) Then Allah, the Exalted, says in the Holy Quran: اَمَّنِاَف ُّلِضَي اَهْيَلَع١ۚ َو ۤاَم اَنَا ْمُكْيَلَع ٍلْيِكَوِبْلُق اَهُّيَاٰۤي ُساَّنلا ْدَق ُمُكَءٓاَج ُّقَحْلا ْنِم ْمُكِّبَّر١ۚ ِنَمَف ىٰدَتْها اَمَّنِاَف ْيِدَتْهَي ٖهِسْفَنِل١ۚ َو ْنَم َّلَض Say, O ye men, now has the truth come to you from your Lord. So whosoever follows the guidance, follows it only for the good of his own soul, and whosoever errs, errs only against it. And I am not a keeper over you. ( S u rah Y u nus, 10:109) Its practical application was also shown by the Holy Prophet s as. Therefore, when [the tribesmen of ] Ban u Na di r were sentenced