What happens if we yield to the oppressor and compromise?

What happens if we yield to the oppressor and compromise? 🔹One version seems simple and even tempting these days: the conditions are tough, the enemy is powerful, there is economic pressure, and people are under pressure; so why shouldn't we yield? Why not compromise with him to make him leave us alone? 🔹Let's assume we accepted this version; what is the next question? How much should we yield for the oppressor to be satisfied? 🖼The Quran has a thought-provoking expression regarding the logic of "yielding so that he too yields": "They wish you would soften, so they too would soften." (Pen: 9) 🔹The suggestion seems seemingly fair: you yield a little, and he yields a little. 🔹But the Quran does not approve of this suggestion. Why? 🔹Because the issue does not end with "yielding a little." How much should we yield to satisfy them? Here, the meaning of verse 120 of Al-Baqarah becomes significant: 🔸"And the Jews and the Christians will never be pleased with you until you follow their religion." 🔹This verse speaks about specific groups of Jews and Christians addressed to the Prophet, but the mechanism it shows is important for our discussion: 🔹When you set your goal to "satisfy the other party," it is unclear where their satisfaction will stop. 🔹Today it's one demand; tomorrow it's another demand; today you say give this to end the pressure. 🔹If it doesn't end, what then? Should we give them that too? And if it still doesn't end? Where exactly are we supposed to stand? 🔹The main problem with the logic of compromise is here: you do not determine the endpoint; someone else determines it, whom you have made his satisfaction the condition for your salvation. From compromise to "reliance" 🔸Here, the Quran uses a more important term: "And do not lean toward those who have wronged..." Do not "rely" on those who have done wrong. (Hud: 113) 🔹Relying is not just a tactical retreat. It has meanings like inclination, trust, dependence, and leaning on the oppressor. 🔹This means the danger becomes deeper when society comes to the conclusion: our path to salvation lies in the hands of the one who presses down on us. 🔹He imposes sanctions; to lift the sanctions we must satisfy him. 🔹He threatens; to stop the threats we must satisfy him. He increases the pressure; then perhaps we need to offer more concessions. 🔹At this point, the oppressor is not just your enemy; gradually, you come to see that the key to your salvation lies in their hands. 🔹This is the dangerous point of "reliance." The Quran even mentions the consequences 🔸The verse of Hud does not just say do not do this. It continues: "Then the fire will seize you." 🔸And then it states: "And you will have no allies other than God, and then you will not be aided." 🔹Thus, in the logic of the Quran, the issue of compromise with the oppressor is not just about losing one concession; it is about changing your support base. 🔹Instead of building your own power, you hope for his satisfaction; instead of neutralizing his pressure, you accept his demands for the end of the pressure. 🔹And the more you yield, the more dependent you become on his decision. 🔹This is where the two previous reports connect to this report. 🔹If someone asks, "Then what should we do?" we see the Quran's answer: 🔹Build strength, resist, and believe in the support of God. 🔹And if they say: "Why don't we yield to be comfortable?" this time the Quran poses a difficult question to us: 🔹If you tie your salvation to the approval of the oppressor, what guarantee do you have that the price of his satisfaction will not be higher tomorrow than today? 🔹And the warning of the Quran is even more explicit: "And do not lean toward those who have wronged..."