Who are the disbelievers?
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Assalam Alikum, Those who dont believe in allah as the only almighty are called as kafirs correct? Are the Christians and Jews also termed as kafirs in the holy quran.
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Answer:
Who are the disbelievers?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The literal meaning of ‘kufr’ is
‘to deny’, and thus ‘kaafir’ is one who
denies.
Indeed those who do not believe
in Allah Subhanah as the One and Only Omnipotent Creator and Sustainer of the
Universe is a ‘kaafir’; but there are
many more denials that make one a ‘kaafir’ in Islamic terminology.
One who disbelieves in Allah
Subhanah Alone is a ‘kaafir’.
One who disbelieves in any (even
one) of Allah’s Prophets is a ‘kaafir’.
One who disbelieves in the
Angels is a ‘kaafir’.
One who disbelieves in any (even
one) of Allah’s Revealed Books is a ‘kaafir’.
One who disbelieves in any Aayah
of the Holy Quran is a ‘kaafir’.
One who disbelieves in the
concept of the Hereafter is a ‘kaafir’.
One who disbelieves in the
concept of Divine Decree (Qadr) is a ‘kaafir’.
The Jews and the
Christians, although they are termed
People of the Book in the Quran, have
also been called ‘kaafirs’ or disbelievers by Allah Subhanah. The Jews denied Prophet Isa (a.s.) and the
Injeel that was revealed to him; and
subsequently they denied the Last Prophet,
Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws) and the Quran that was revealed to
him; and thus they did ‘kufr’ with
Allah’s Prophets and Allah’s Revelations.
Similarly, the Christians denied Prophet Mohamed (saws)
as a Messenger of Allah, and denied the
Quran that was revealed unto him, and were
thus guilty of ‘kufr’.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 98 Surah Bayyinah verse 6: Those who did ‘kufr’ among the People of the
Book and among the Polytheists will be in hell-fire to dwell therein (for
aye). They are the worst of creatures.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,