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THERE IS CURSE FOR THE DISBELIEVER 1

BY
Shaikh Jalilu Issah

In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful

English Transliteration

[022:161 Inna (verily) allatheena (those who) kafaroo (disbelieved) wamatoo (and
died) wahum (while they) kuffarun (were disbelievers) ola-ika (it is they) AAalayhim
(on them is) laAAnatu (curse) Allahi (of Allah) waalmala-ikati (and of the angels)
waalnnasi (and of mankind) ajmaAAeena (combined)]

[002:162 Khalideena (they shall abide) feeha (in it) la (neither) yukhaffafu (will be
lightened) AAanhumu (from them) alAAathabu (the punishment) wala (nor) hum
(they) yuntharoona (will be reprieved) ]
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Translation

[002:161 Surely those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers, these it is on
whom is the curse of Allah and the angels and men all]

]002:161 Abiding in it; their chastisement shall not be lightened nor shall they be given
respite.]

Exegeses:

Allah Subhana-Wa-Ta’aala in continuation of the previous verses talks about the people
who are hiding the truth. And they are trying to make the people divert keeping away the
truth from them. It is being discussed in general by Allah Subhana-Wa-Ta’aala. And it
is being discussed about the people who do not believe in Allah and His Law of Requital.
There is no escape from the divinity and they are under the mistaken belief. Allah is
saying in the above mentioned holy verse that the people who disbelieve and deny the
Law of Requital and other divine executions, and die having the false belief in their
breasts are the great fuel of hell. Allah Subhana-Wa-Ta’aala says there is a curse for
them. And the curse is not only from Allah but also from angels and men too.
Dear readers it would be pertinent to understand that what is actually Kafir. The
Kafir before Islam used to be regarded as a farmer. The Al Kufer in Arabic means to dig
a hole and put something in it and cover it. This process is called Al Kufer. And because
the job of a farmer is to grow seeds, to dig a hole, and put a seed and cover it, that used to
be called Al Kafir. And after the advent of the Islam the meanings of this word changed.
This is called in Arabic Al Manqool. When a word gives the meaning of the older
version, with the similarity the modern meanings, this process is called Al Manqool.
Now we have come to the centre point of the understanding that the person not
acting in accordance with the norms of the Quran is regarded a Kafir. Let me explain it
with a glaring example that before coming into this mortal world every person is
committed to worship Allah. And it is the agreement of us to do so. But, when we come
here and gets our senses mature enough to be enticed by the world attractions, then we
dig a hole in our heart and place something else other than Allah. We breach the pact of
us with Allah blatantly. Resultantly, we reject the holy truth. And we place the fiendish
desires of shaitan in our heart and begin worshiping the gold calf. Such people are called
Kafirs.
There is one more dimension of the definition of Kafir. Sometimes this word is
used for the person who denies the truth. Also those who are ungrateful to the blessings
of the merciful Allah are Kafirs. Allah says in Surah An-Naml (27) when the prophet
Sulaiman (AS) asked his companion that who could bring the throne of Bilqees. A jinn

said I can bring the throne of Bilqees


to you before you leave your place. Then the holy Quran said

and the other person said among the


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companions of the prophet Sulaiman, the who had the knowledge of the book he said

I can bring the throne of Bilqees to


you before the twinkling of your eye. Then after it the holy Quran mentions
that deserves a blessing of my Allah
in order to test me that Allah Subhana-Wa-Ta’aala
has given me this blessing whether am I grateful or Akfur. So here from we get the
understanding that the Kufer is also the state of unthankfulness to Allah. So, Kafir would
be a disbeliever, one who denies the truth, and who is unthankful.
So Allah is saying in the supra mentioned verse that the disbelievers died with the
Kufer attitude would be entitled to get the fires of hell. Because there are two different
Kafirs. The people born Kafir but they embraced Islam in the middle of their life. And if
they died in the state of Islam they are Muslims. The prophet (Salla 'Llahu 'alayhi wa
sallam) told that they would not be asked any question regarding the sins they committed
in the state of idol worshiping before embracing Islam. Their accountability would be
started from the day they embraced Islam. The people who were born believers but they
did not accept the Islam till the last minute of their life, but something happened in their
life and they practiced Islam, and died after some moments with the acceptance of Islam.
They would be considered as Muslims. Allah would forgive their sins. Because Allah is
merciful and beneficent.
There are some people who lived a life as an unbeliever, they died as unbelievers.
Not because they rejected the truth actually nobody came to them to learn them. They
were told about the Din and Islam and Muhammad (Salla 'Llahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and
Ahlul Bayt. And they know about the Christ and Muhammad (Salla 'Llahu 'alayhi wa
sallam). But they did not practice the teachings of any of these two messengers. And if
they died without doing the practice of these messengers, such people would not be
punished by Allah Subhana-Wa-Ta’aala. Allah says in the holy Quran

We never punish a nation unless


We sent a messenger to them. Allah says

(And thus We have made you the best nation that your be witness over mankind and the
messenger…)------------Allah sent the prophets in order to send them a proof. And if the
prophet did not go then the Imam would go to preach and teach the truth. And if Imam is
not there then the duty of a scholar starts to do so. Because the teaching is very important
for Adam and especially the teaching of Holy Quran. We should adapt every possible
means to transfer the knowledge of the holy Quran in accordance with the era. For
instance in this IT era we may use Internet, e-mails, GSM technology etc. We should
spread the light of the holy Quran in every nook and the corner of this planet. And those
who did not have the light of the Islam would not be punished. This is the different topic
which would be Inshallah described in other sitting. But the people who were provided
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with the light of the holy Quran but they did not bring it into their practice, there would
be punishment for them.
Some are stark Kafirs. For instance Abu Juhal. He was a stark Kafir in its
sheerest form. We need to tell about him. The people like him deserve the level of the
fires of hell beyond the ken of human intellect.
The holy Quran says that there is curse for them from Allah. Their efforts would
be cursed. Their fruits of the endeavors would be bitter, and there hereafter would be that
what only shaitan can think of. There could be no success. Now we have to see that
what is success?
Allah has designed the success. That success is in accordance with the norms of
the holy Quran. That success came at the threshold of the holy Imams. That success was
the ornament of the holy family. May Allah also give us that success. This success has
been mentioned in Surah Asr. WaalAAasri (by the time). Inna (verily) al-insana (man)
lafee (is in) khusrin (loss). Illa (except) allatheena (those who) amanoo (believe)
waAAamiloo (and do) alssalihati (righteous deeds) watawasaw (and recommend one
another) bialhaqqi (to the truth) watawasaw (and recommend one another) bialssabri
(to patience). So if a man is not believer is not successful. Success should be what the
holy Quran has described. Be you have thousands of years of life. If the life is not in
accordance with the holy Quran, there is no success. This is the last word. The people
who have pinnacle of success in technology or whatsoever, this is a temporary success. It
does not have any concern with the Din and Islam.
Allah is telling us that the people who are disbelievers and die in the same state
there is a curse on them from Allah and from angels and from men. Allah did not specify
what angels would curse, all angels unanimously would curse the disbelievers. Also the
human beings would curse these people. It means all Ummah would also curse such
category of the people. The point to be noted that the curse of the Ummah and the angles
come after Allah’s. Actually the curse of the Ummah and the angels are the emphasis
that how much it is bad to be a disbeliever. Every human being hates to see the person
who hides the truth. It may be a Muslim and or non-Muslim.
I hope I have done the justice. If you found any error, please do let us know.

Further would be discussed in detail in next session Inshallah!

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