Dexter, what is the penalty of apostatising from God's religion according to Moses and the rest of the prophets?
Of course Jesus did not rule; he came to be their king, but they refused him and he had no opportunity to rule and be the ruler.
What is the penalty for the apostasy: the penalty in this World and the next afterlife?
What is the penalty of turning away from the communism according to the communist rulers?
What is the danger of the apostasy? It will make confusion in the new community.
Example:
Some Jews contemporary to Prophet Mohammed designed a trick to believe early in the day, then to apostatise later on that day, and say: we contemplated and revised our situation to find that we have committed a big mistake by becoming Muslims, because we have now discovered the religion of Islam is wrong; so now we do apostatise and return back to our religion: the Judaism.
As in the Quran
3: 72
وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمِنُواْ بِالَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَجْهَ النَّهَارِ وَاكْفُرُواْ آخِرَهُ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
The explanation:
(A party of the people of the Bible [lit. Scripture: they were Jews] said:
"Believe – early in the day – in [the Quran] that has been sent down to the believers, then – later in the day – unbelieve;
that they may turn back [from the Islam to your religion.]")
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And what Moses did according to God's instructions when he found his people apostatised and fallen in the idolatry: he killed the idolaters: such killing will be their pardon in the afterlife: they will not be punished in Fire.
God said in the Quran
2: 54
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ بِاتِّخَاذِكُمُ الْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُواْ إِلَى بَارِئِكُمْ فَاقْتُلُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
The explanation:
(And [remember:] Moses said to his people [who worshipped the calf]:
"O my people, you have indeed wronged yourselves by your taking the calf [as a god for worship]:
so turn (in repentance) to [the Lord] your Savior, and kill [the calf-worshippers amongst] yourselves;
that will be best for you with your Savior."
Then He turned towards you (in forgiveness): for He is Most-Turning, Most Merciful.)
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From another aspect, imagine the new community of monotheists and devoted to God alone, while they struggle to purify themselves from sins and wrong-doing, then some party of idolaters live among them: what will the result other than corruption?
So the retaliation in the World will be the pardon of the sinner in the afterlife;
A narrated story:
therefore a woman came to Prophet Mohammed and said to him as is it narrated: God's apostle, purify me: I have committed adultery! [She meant: punish me to be purified from the sin of the adultery]
The Prophet said: She may be mad.
She said: No, I am sane.
He said: Go and come to me another time later on.
The woman came later on and insisted.
He said: Go and come later on.
She came and was pregnant.
He said: Go and give birth to your child.
She came after child birth bearing her child.
He said: God and give him suckling.
She came later on with her child walking.
So he commanded her stoning, and some of the blood came at some of the attendent who reviled her, but the apostle was angry; and said to him: She repented the repentance that if all of others share it will be accepted; this is only a narration.
The witnesses in the case of the adultery should be 4 just witnesses whose witness is accepted by Muslims; if anyone say about a woman that she committed adultery, and he does not produce the 4 witnesses, then he will be lashed 80 lashes and any witness will not be accepted from him afterwards.
I asked Abu Abd-Allah: if I see some man and woman committing adultery; is it better I say this or conceal it?
He said: Cover and do not expose them.
And when Jesus said: if anyone of you is without sin, let him stone her.
What does this mean? It means: all of them or most of them are sinners, but most of them criticize her; and most of them are hypocrites.
And it does not mean to encourage the adultery, while Jesus was strict in this and was the example of chastity and righteousness so he said: If anyone looks to a woman other than his wife with lust; then in fact he will have committed the adultery within his heart.
See my previous reply for the importance of the retaliation and punishment according to God's law in the Glorious Quran; as in the Quran 4: 26-28
يُرِيدُ اللّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاللّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ .وَاللّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَن تَمِيلُواْ مَيْلاً عَظِيمًا . يُرِيدُ اللّهُ أَن يُخَفِّفَ عَنكُمْ وَخُلِقَ الإِنسَانُ ضَعِيفًا
The explanation:
(God likes to explain to you, and to acquaint you about the rites of those [Children of Israel] before you, and to turn towards you; God is All-Knowing, Most Wise.
God wills to turn towards you, but those following their lusts try to let you deviate with so much deviation.
God wills to alleviate [the statement] for you; for surely man has been created weak.)
