God says
And thus We have willed you to be a community of the middle way,* so that [with your lives] you might bear witness to the truth before all mankind, and that the Apostle might bear witness to it before you.** -- Q.2: 143 * I.e., a community that keeps an equitable balance between extremes and is realistic in its appreciation of man’s nature and possibilities, rejecting both licentiousness and exaggerated asceticism.** I.e., “that your way of life be an example (and attraction) to all mankind , just as the Apostle is an example to you.
There shall be no coercion* in matters of faith. …. Q2: 256 *On the strength of the above categorical prohibition of coercion (ikrah) in anything that pertains to faith or religion, all Islamic jurists (fuqaha’), without any exception, hold that forcible conversion is under all circumstances null and void, and that any attempt at coercing a non-believer to accept the faith of Islam is a grievous sin: a verdict which disposes of the widespread fallacy that Islam places before the unbelievers the alternative of “conversion or the sword”.
Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man’s] self-surrender unto Him;…Q.3: 19
You are indeed the best community that has ever been brought forth for [the good of] mankind:* you enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and you believe in God. -- Q.3: 110 *Being members of the world society our major obligation toward the fellow human beings is to enlighten them about the path shown by the Qur’an and followed by the Prophet. Our fall today from the elevated position, mentioned in the verse, is because we gave up doing good to the mankind. We need to re-examine and revive our faith in God!
He has willed to spread His light in all its fullness. -- Q9: 32
Those who believe and work righteousness, -- their Lord will guide them because of their Faith:… Q.10: 9
Prophet said
2. “Circulate from me though it be a sentence” – H: Bukhari .N: Abdullah-b-Amr
