MURTAD – مرتد

 

Literally: Who wavers. Who is not firm. Especially those who apostatise from Islam. An apostate.

Irtidad is apostatising from Islam after accepting it. If a person who was born Muslim or reverted to Islam apostatises and accepts another religion or denies all religion, he is called a Murtad.

 

Moreover, Islam is incomparable to other religions; if a Muslim leaves Islam and abandons his religion, he can no longer accept any prophet. Indeed, he cannot even acknowledge Janâb-i Haqq and does not recognise anything sacred. He will lose his conscience (Vijdân), which will be the source of his perfection; his conscience (Vijdân) will deteriorate. Therefore, in the Islamic perspective, a kâfir who lives in Dâr al-harb has the right to life. If he lives outside the Islamic land and makes peace, or if he lives inside the Islamic land and pays the head tax (Jizya), his life is protected according to Islam. But a murtad does not have the right to life. Because his conscience (Vijdân) is corrupted, and he becomes a poison to social life. However, an irreligious person from among Christians can still be in a state that is beneficial to social life. He may accept some sacred matters, believe in some prophets and acknowledge Janâb-i Haqq to some extent.

The Twenty-Ninth Letter/Seventh Section/2nd Sign

 

That obstinate person, again, turned to me and said, "At least we will live like foreign irreligious people."

I replied, "You cannot be like foreign irreligious people, either. Because even if they deny one prophet, they can believe in the others. If they do not know the prophets, they may believe in Allah. And even if they do not know Him, they may possess certain moral qualities that are the source of perfection. But if a Muslim denies the Prophet of the âkhirzaman, ‘Alayhissalâtu Wassalâm, who is the final and greatest of the prophets and whose religion and call are universal, and gets out of his (asm) chains, he will no longer accept any other prophet, not even Allah. Because he has learned all the prophets and Allah and all perfections through him (asm); without him (asm), they cannot remain in his heart. It is for this reason that since early times people have entered Islam from all other religions, but no Muslim can be a true Jew, Magian, or Christian. He would rather become irreligious, his moral qualities corrupt; he becomes harmful for the country and nation." I proved this. That obstinate and rebellious person has nothing left to hold on to. He vanished and went to Jahannam.

The Eleventh Ray/The Third Topic