(In all these verses Allâh has used the word al-kufr = disbelief...
(In all these verses Allâh has used the word al-kufr = disbelief, to denote ungratefulness, and ingratitude. ) And the fourth way of disbelief is leaving out or neglecting what Allâh has ordered to do. It is as Allâh says: And when We made a covenant with you: You shall not shed your blood and you shall not turn your people out of your cities; then you gave a promise while you witnessed.
Yet you it is who slay your people and turn a party from among you out of their homes, backing each other up against them unlawfully and exceeding the limits; and if they should come to you as captives, you would ransom them - while their very turning out was unlawful for you. Do you then believe in a part of the book and disbelieve in the other? (2:84-85).
In this verse Allâh has charged them with disbelief because they did not follow the commandment of Allâh; (it should be noted that) Allâh has (in this very verse) linked them to belief, yet He did not accept it from them and it did not benefit them before Allâh.
So Allâh (further) said: What then is the reward of such among you as do this but disgrace in the life of this world, and on the day of resurrection they shall be sent back to the most grievous chastisement, and Allâh is not at all heedless of what you do (ibid.) And the fifth way of disbelief is disavowal. It is as Allâh says, quoting lbrahim (a.s.) ". . .
we renounce you, and enmity and hatred have appeared between us and you for ever until you believe in Allâh alone" (60:4), that is, we disavow and repudiate you. And He says, describing Iblîs and his disowning his friends from mankind on the Day of Resurrection: ". . . surely I disbelieved in your associating me (with Allâh) before" (14:22).
And also He says: And he said: "You have only taken for yourselves idols besides Allâh by way of friendship between you in the world's life, then on the resurrection day some of you shall deny others, and some of you shall curse others . . . (29:25) , that is, some of you shall dissociate from others. The author says: This tradition confirms what we have previously mentioned that disbelief has many grades and ranks. Previous…