لَآ إِكۡرَاهَ فِى ٱلدِّينِۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ ٱلرُّشۡدُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَىِّۚ فَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدِ ٱسۡتَمۡسَكَ بِٱلۡعُرۡوَةِ ٱلۡوُثۡقَىٰ لَا ٱنفِصَامَ لَهَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ۔
"THERE IS NO COMPULSION IN FAITH. THE CORRECT WAY HAS BECOME DISTINCT FROM THE ERRONEOUS. NOW, WHOEVER, REJECTS THE REBEL AND BELIEVES IN ALLAH HAS GRASPED THE STRONGEST RING THAT NEVER BREAKS. AND ALLAH IS ALL-HEARING, ALL-KNOWING."
After reading this verse some people raise objections that the teaching in this verse that there is no compulsion in faith, is contradictory to the teaching of Jihad in Islam. What people misunderstand is that the teaching of Jihad in Islam is not for the purpose of coercing people into accepting Islam. If such was the case, there wouldn't have been such clear injunctions given about Jizyah in exchange for security of non-Muslims living in an Islamic state, and clear commandments about protection of their life, their honour and their property. In fact, the purpose of Jihad is to remove disorder, strife or fasad, for Allah Ta'alah dislikes fasad. Quran Karim says:
"And they go about the earth spreading disorder and Allah does not like those who spread disorder." (5:64)
It is for this reason that Allah Ta'alah has ordained that fasad be removed through Jihad against people who perpetrate fasad.
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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