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Al-Baqarah 2: 162–4

surely the curse of Allah and of the angels and of all men is on them. (162) Thus shall they abide and their chastisement shall not be lightened, nor shall they be given respite.

(163) Your God is One God, there is no god but He; the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. (164) (To guide) those who use their reason (to this Truth) there are many Signs in the structure of the heavens and the earth, in the constant alternation of night and day, in the vessels which speed across the sea carrying goods that are of profit to people, in the water which Allah sends down from the sky and thereby quickens the earth after it was dead, ▶

sovereignty, not to recognize Him as the only Lord of the Universe and of mankind and the only object of worship and adoration. The second form of disbelief is that a man might recognize the existence of God but still refuse to accept His ordinances and directives as the only source of true guidance, and as the true law for his life. The third form of disbelief is that although a man might recognize, in principle, that he ought to follow God’s guidance, he refuses to believe in the Prophets who were the means of communicating God’s guidance to mankind. The fourth form of disbelief is to differentiate between one Prophet and another, to accept some Prophets and reject others because of parochialism and bigotry. The fifth form of disbelief is the refusal to recognize, either totally or partially, the teachings communicated on God’s behalf by the Prophets concerning beliefs, principles of morality, and laws to fashion human life. The sixth form of disbelief is that a person might theoretically accept all that he should accept but then wilfully disobeys God’s ordinances and persists in this disobedience, and considers disobedience rather than obedience to God to be the true principle of life.

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