سُوْرَةُ الْفَتْحِ

Surah Al-Fath (48) — Ayah 13

The Victory · Medinan · Juz 26 · Page 512

وَمَن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ فَإِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ سَعِيرًا ﴿13﴾
And whosoever does not believe in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), then verily, We have prepared for the disbelievers a blazing Fire.
وَمَن waman And whoever
لَّمْ lam (has) not believed
يُؤْمِنۢ yu'min (has) not believed
بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah
وَرَسُولِهِۦ warasūlihi and His Messenger
فَإِنَّآ fa-innā then indeed, We
أَعْتَدْنَا aʿtadnā [We] have prepared
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ lil'kāfirīna for the disbelievers
سَعِيرًۭا saʿīran a Blazing Fire

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(Ayah 13) {وَ مَنْ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنْۢ بِاللّٰهِ وَ رَسُوْلِهٖ … :} From this it is understood that a person who harbors evil thoughts about Allah and His Messenger, and despite being a Muslim, is pleased at the harm of Muslims and at saving his own life, is not a believer but a disbeliever. And Allah Almighty has prepared a blazing fire for such disbelievers. It is a separate matter that, due to uttering the declaration of Islam and living among Muslims as a Muslim, they will be considered Muslims in worldly rulings, but in the Hereafter, a punishment even more severe than that for open disbelievers has been prepared for them. It is stated: « اِنَّ الْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الْاَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ » [ النساء : ۱۴۵ ] "Indeed, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire."

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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13. And whoever does not believe in Allah and His Messenger, then for such disbelievers [15] We have prepared a blazing Fire.

[15] From this, two things are understood: First, that whoever harbors ill thoughts about Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, or, despite being a Muslim, has sympathies with groups hostile to Islam, is not a true believer but rather a non-believer. Second, the next part of this verse clarifies that such a person becomes a disbeliever and will receive the same punishment as disbelievers in the Hereafter, even if in this world he remains mixed among the believers.