What should be our reply to those that say that people should be converted by force or...? : "Read!" Like the Arcangel Gabriel said to the Prophet (PBUH): "iqra!" (read/recite).
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ
بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انفِصَامَ لَهَا وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
The Qur’ an states that faith cannot be compelled and that the role of a prophet is to deliver his message; he has no power to convert others:
"There is no compulsion in religion. Guidance has been clearly distinguished from error. Whoever rejects evil and believes in God has grasped the trustworthy tie that has no weakness; and God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing."
(Baqara; 2:256)”
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