against Allah (SWT), deny His signs and are unjust 6:21, 10:69, criminals 10:17, magicians 10:77,

polytheists and infidels 23:117. The opposite of success is failure 91:9-10. 32. KAFARUU (They reject ) 2:6

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Kufr means rejection 21:94, kaafir means an infidel 2:217 who does not or will not believe 2:6, who does not believe in Allah (SWT), His angels, His books, His messengers and the life after death wherein one will be rewarded for his good deeds or punished for the evil he did 4:136. Iblis, the devil, is a kaafir 2:34. Allah (SWT) will not give the infidels a way of dominance over the believers 4:141. He is their enemy 2:98, He does not love them 3:32, He has set a seal on their hearts 7:101, they are turned away from His way 13:33 and will face a painful punishment 9:3. Owners of Divine books too exhibit infidelity 2:105. The guardians and friends of the infidels are false deities 2:257. Infidels stop people from the path of Allah (SWT) 4:167 spending their wealth for this purpose 8:36. They equate others with Allah (SWT) 6:1, They are the worst creatures 8:55. They kill prophets and those who enjoin justice 3:21, make a distinction between Allah (SWT) and His messengers 4:150 and they do not judge on the basis of the divine books (Quran) 5:44. Polytheists too are infidels 9:17. We are advised not to be friends of those infidels who mock at Islam 5:57, if circumstances compel us to keep friendly relations with them, we are advised to be careful 3:28. At the same time we are not forbidden to be kind and just to those of the infidels who do not fight with us on account of our religion nor drive us out of our houses 60:8-9. We should not obey the infidels and on the contrary, should strive against them 25:52. Angels will strike their faces and their backs while causing them to die, saying. Taste the punishment of burning 8:50. One who exchanges belief for infidelity, goes astray from the balanced way 2:108. Infidelity is associated with the denial of the signs of Allah (SWT) 2:39, polytheism 40:42 hypocrisy 9:97, glamour of the world 2:212, injustice 4:168, falsehood 47:3, transgression 2:99, 50:24, 80:42, devils 19:83, rebellion 5:64, deception 67:20, disease of the heart 74:31, considering oneself great 39:59, betrayal 22:38, 31:32, sin 2:276 etc. The opposite of kufr (infidelity) is Iimaan (belief) 2:253 and Shukr (gratitude) 27:40. Kafara also means to be ungrateful 27:40 i.e. not to acknowledge the obligations of others or not to accept them as obligers. Kuffaar means farmers 57:20 and Kaffara means wiping off or removal of the ill effects of sin or expiation of oaths 5:89 or compensation for covering

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