Quran Verses about Disbelievers
The Quran describes the disbelievers as people whose hearts are sealed so that warning does not benefit them, and whose deeds are like ashes blown by the wind or a mirage that yields nothing. Its verses mention their rejection of Allah's signs, their barring others from His way and mocking the believers, their worldly enjoyment that is only brief, the command not to obey them or mix creeds, and the fate of those who die in disbelief.
Sealed hearts on whom warning has no effect
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَأَنذَرۡتَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تُنذِرۡهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦
Innal-ladhīna kafarū sawāʾun ʿalayhim aʾandhartahum am lam tundhirhum lā yuʾminūn.
Indeed, those who disbelieve1 - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.
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- Literally, "cover" or "conceal" (faith or truth).
خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَعَلَىٰ سَمۡعِهِمۡۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ غِشَٰوَةٞۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٧
Khatamallāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wa ʿalā samʿihim, wa ʿalā abṣārihim ghishāwah, wa lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.
Allāh has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil.1 And for them is a great punishment.
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- A covering preventing them from discerning guidance. This condition is a direct result of their arrogance and persistence in sin.
وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسۡمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَآءٗ وَنِدَآءٗۚ صُمُّۢ بُكۡمٌ عُمۡيٞ فَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٧١
Wa mathalul-ladhīna kafarū kamathalil-ladhī yanʿiqu bimā lā yasmaʿu illā duʿāʾaw wa nidāʾā, ṣummum bukmun ʿumyun fahum lā yaʿqilūn.
The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.
وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۚ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كُلَّ ءَايَةٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَاۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوكَ يُجَٰدِلُونَكَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٥
Wa minhum may yastamiʿu ilayk, wa jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan ay yafqahūhu wa fī ādhānihim waqrā, wa iy yaraw kulla āyatil lā yuʾminū bihā, ḥattā idhā jāʾūka yujādilūnaka yaqūlul-ladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā asāṭīrul-awwalīn.
And among them are those who listen to you,1 but We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. Even when they come to you arguing with you, those who disbelieve say, "This is not but legends of the former peoples."
Footnotes (1)
- When you recite the Qur’ān.
وَلَقَدۡ ذَرَأۡنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ لَهُمۡ قُلُوبٞ لَّا يَفۡقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ أَعۡيُنٞ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمۡ ءَاذَانٞ لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ بِهَآۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ ١٧٩
Wa laqad dharaʾnā lijahannama kathīram minal-jinni wal-ins, lahum qulūbul lā yafqahūna bihā wa lahum aʿyunul lā yubṣirūna bihā wa lahum ādhānul lā yasmaʿūna bihā, ulāʾika kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍall, ulāʾika humul-ghāfilūn.
And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray.1 It is they who are the heedless.
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- The reference is to their inability (i.e., refusal) to think and reason, while blindly following (as they are accustomed).
إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٥
Inna sharrad-dawābbi ʿindallāhil-ladhīna kafarū fahum lā yuʾminūn.
Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allāh are those who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe-
وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُۚ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفۡقَهُوهُ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٗاۖ وَإِن تَدۡعُهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهۡتَدُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدٗا ٥٧
Wa man aẓlamu mimman dhukkira biʾāyāti rabbihī fa aʿraḍa ʿanhā wa nasiya mā qaddamat yadāh, innā jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim akinnatan ay yafqahūhu wa fī ādhānihim waqrā, wa in tadʿuhum ilal-hudā falay yahtadū idhan abadā.
And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.
Parables of the deeds of the disbelievers
مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٖ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتۡ حَرۡثَ قَوۡمٖ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَأَهۡلَكَتۡهُۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنۡ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ١١٧
Mathalu mā yunfiqūna fī hādhihil-ḥayātid-dunyā kamathali rīḥin fīhā ṣirrun aṣābat ḥartha qawmin ẓalamū anfusahum fa ahlakath, wa mā ẓalamahumullāhu wa lākin anfusahum yaẓlimūn.
The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves [i.e., sinned] and destroys it. And Allāh has not wronged them, but they wrong themselves.
مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡۖ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ كَرَمَادٍ ٱشۡتَدَّتۡ بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِي يَوۡمٍ عَاصِفٖۖ لَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُواْ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلۡبَعِيدُ ١٨
Mathalul-ladhīna kafarū birabbihim, aʿmāluhum karamādinishtaddat bihir-rīḥu fī yawmin ʿāṣif, lā yaqdirūna mimmā kasabū ʿalā shayʾ, dhālika huwaḍ-ḍalālul-baʿīd.
The example of those who disbelieve in their Lord is [that] their deeds are like ashes which the wind blows forcefully on a stormy day; they are unable [to keep] from what they earned a [single] thing. That is what is extreme error.
قُلۡ هَلۡ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ أَعۡمَٰلًا ١٠٣
Qul hal nunabbiʾukum bil-akhsarīna aʿmālā.
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?
ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعۡيُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ يُحۡسِنُونَ صُنۡعًا ١٠٤
Al-ladhīna ḍalla saʿyuhum fil-ḥayātid-dunyā wa hum yaḥsabūna annahum yuḥsinūna ṣunʿā.
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلِقَآئِهِۦ فَحَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَزۡنٗا ١٠٥
Ulāʾikal-ladhīna kafarū biʾāyāti rabbihim wa liqāʾihī faḥabiṭat aʿmāluhum falā nuqīmu lahum yawmal-qiyāmati waznā.
Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless; and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any weight [i.e., importance].
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ كَسَرَابِۭ بِقِيعَةٖ يَحۡسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمۡـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمۡ يَجِدۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٣٩
Wal-ladhīna kafarū aʿmāluhum kasarābim biqīʿatiy yaḥsabuhuẓ-ẓamʾānu māʾan ḥattā idhā jāʾahū lam yajidhu shayʾaw wa wajadallāha ʿindahū fawaffāhu ḥisābah, wallāhu sarīʿul-ḥisāb.
But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.
أَوۡ كَظُلُمَٰتٖ فِي بَحۡرٖ لُّجِّيّٖ يَغۡشَىٰهُ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ سَحَابٞۚ ظُلُمَٰتُۢ بَعۡضُهَا فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٍ إِذَآ أَخۡرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمۡ يَكَدۡ يَرَىٰهَاۗ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَجۡعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورٗا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ ٤٠
Aw kaẓulumātin fī baḥril lujjiyyiy yaghshāhu mawjum min fawqihī mawjum min fawqihī saḥāb, ẓulumātum baʿḍuhā fawqa baʿḍin idhā akhraja yadahū lam yakad yarāhā, wa mal lam yajʿalillāhu lahū nūran famā lahū min nūr.
Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allāh has not granted light - for him there is no light.
ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ١
Al-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi aḍalla aʿmālahum.
Those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allāh - He will waste their deeds.1
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- i.e., cause them to be lost or make them worthless, earning no reward.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلۡحَقَّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمۡثَٰلَهُمۡ ٣
Dhālika biʾannal-ladhīna kafaruttabaʿul-bāṭila wa annal-ladhīna āmanuttabaʿul-ḥaqqa mir rabbihim, kadhālika yaḍribullāhu lin-nāsi amthālahum.
That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allāh present to the people their comparisons.1
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- So that they may know the results of their choice.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَتَعۡسٗا لَّهُمۡ وَأَضَلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٨
Wal-ladhīna kafarū fataʿsal lahum wa aḍalla aʿmālahum.
But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste their deeds.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَرِهُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٩
Dhālika biʾannahum karihū mā anzalallāhu fa aḥbaṭa aʿmālahum.
That is because they disliked what Allāh revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds.
The disbelievers' attitude to Allah's signs and to the believers
زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَيَسۡخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۘ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٢١٢
Zuyyina lil-ladhīna kafarul-ḥayātud-dunyā wa yaskharūna minal-ladhīna āmanū, wal-ladhīnattaqaw fawqahum yawmal-qiyāmah, wallāhu yarzuqu may yashāʾu bighayri ḥisāb.
Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allāh are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh gives provision to whom He wills without account.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ لِيَصُدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ فَسَيُنفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَسۡرَةٗ ثُمَّ يُغۡلَبُونَۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ يُحۡشَرُونَ ٣٦
Innal-ladhīna kafarū yunfiqūna amwālahum liyaṣuddū ʿan sabīlillāh, fasayunfiqūnahā thumma takūnu ʿalayhim ḥasratan thumma yughlabūn, wal-ladhīna kafarū ilā jahannama yuḥsharūn.
Indeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from the way of Allāh. So they will spend it; then it will be for them a [source of] regret; then they will be overcome. And those who have disbelieved - unto Hell they will be gathered.
وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسۡطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتۡلُونَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۗ قُلۡ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرّٖ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُۚ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٧٢
Wa idhā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin taʿrifu fī wujūhil-ladhīna kafarul-munkar, yakādūna yasṭūna bil-ladhīna yatlūna ʿalayhim āyātinā, qul afaʾunabbiʾukum bisharrim min dhālikum, an-nāru waʿadahallāhul-ladhīna kafarū, wa biʾsal-maṣīr.
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that?1 [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."
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- i.e., worse than the rage you feel against those who recite Allāh's verses or worse than your threats against them.
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي عِزَّةٖ وَشِقَاقٖ ٢
Balil-ladhīna kafarū fī ʿizzatiw wa shiqāq.
But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.
مَا يُجَٰدِلُ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَلَا يَغۡرُرۡكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٤
Mā yujādilu fī āyātillāhi illal-ladhīna kafarū falā yaghrurka taqallubuhum fil-bilād.
No one disputes concerning the signs of Allāh except those who disbelieve, so be not deceived by their [uninhibited] movement throughout the land.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَا تَسۡمَعُواْ لِهَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَٱلۡغَوۡاْ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَغۡلِبُونَ ٢٦
Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lā tasmaʿū lihādhal-qurʾāni wal-ghaw fīhi laʿallakum taghlibūn.
And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān and speak noisily1 during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."
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- Other meanings include "speak improperly" and/or "make a clamor." The purpose of this was to prevent the hearing or understanding of the Qur’ān.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩
Innal-ladhīna ajramū kānū minal-ladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūn.
Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.
وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠
Wa idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūn.
And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.
وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ٣١
Wa idhanqalabū ilā ahlihimunqalabū fakihīn.
And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢
Wa idhā raʾawhum qālū inna hāʾulāʾi laḍāllūn.
And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
The disbelievers' worldly enjoyment is brief
وَلَا يَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا نُمۡلِي لَهُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لِّأَنفُسِهِمۡۚ إِنَّمَا نُمۡلِي لَهُمۡ لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ إِثۡمٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ١٧٨
Wa lā yaḥsabannal-ladhīna kafarū annamā numlī lahum khayrul liʾanfusihim, innamā numlī lahum liyazdādū ithmā, wa lahum ʿadhābum muhīn.
And let not those who disbelieve ever think that [because] We extend their time [of enjoyment] it is better for them. We only extend it for them so that they may increase in sin, and for them is a humiliating punishment.
لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ تَقَلُّبُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١٩٦
Lā yaghurrannaka taqallubul-ladhīna kafarū fil-bilād.
Be not deceived by the [uninhibited] movement of the disbelievers throughout the land.
مَتَٰعٞ قَلِيلٞ ثُمَّ مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ١٩٧
Matāʿun qalīlun thumma maʾwāhum jahannam, wa biʾsal-mihād.
[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَتَمَتَّعُونَ وَيَأۡكُلُونَ كَمَا تَأۡكُلُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ وَٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوٗى لَّهُمۡ ١٢
Innallāha yudkhilul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, wal-ladhīna kafarū yatamattaʿūna wa yaʾkulūna kamā taʾkulul-anʿāmu wan-nāru mathwal lahum.
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who have believed and done righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow, but those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as grazing livestock eat, and the Fire will be a residence for them.
Not obeying the disbelievers and not mixing creeds
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن تُطِيعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَرُدُّوكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡقَٰبِكُمۡ فَتَنقَلِبُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ١٤٩
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū in tuṭīʿul-ladhīna kafarū yaruddūkum ʿalā aʿqābikum fatanqalibū khāsirīn.
O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَجَٰهِدۡهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادٗا كَبِيرٗا ٥٢
Falā tuṭiʿil-kāfirīna wa jāhidhum bihī jihādan kabīrā.
So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.
وَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَدَعۡ أَذَىٰهُمۡ وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلٗا ٤٨
Wa lā tuṭiʿil-kāfirīna wal-munāfiqīna wadaʿ adhāhum wa tawakkal ʿalallāh, wa kafā billāhi wakīlā.
And do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites and disregard their annoyance, and rely upon Allāh. And sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs.
قَدۡ كَانَتۡ لَكُمۡ أُسۡوَةٌ حَسَنَةٞ فِيٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِذۡ قَالُواْ لِقَوۡمِهِمۡ إِنَّا بُرَءَٰٓؤُاْ مِنكُمۡ وَمِمَّا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَفَرۡنَا بِكُمۡ وَبَدَا بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡعَدَٰوَةُ وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَحۡدَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَوۡلَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسۡتَغۡفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ أَمۡلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٖۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيۡكَ تَوَكَّلۡنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ أَنَبۡنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٤
Qad kānat lakum uswatun ḥasanatun fī ibrāhīma wal-ladhīna maʿahū idh qālū liqawmihim innā buraʾāʾu minkum wa mimmā taʿbudūna min dūnillāhi kafarnā bikum wa badā baynanā wa baynakumul-ʿadāwatu wal-baghḍāʾu abadan ḥattā tuʾminū billāhi waḥdahū illā qawla ibrāhīma liʾabīhi laʾastaghfiranna laka wa mā amliku laka minallāhi min shayʾ, rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa ilayka anabnā wa ilaykal-maṣīr.
There has already been for you an excellent pattern1 in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allāh. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allāh alone" - except for the saying of Abraham to his father, "I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allāh. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.
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- An example to be followed.
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ١
Qul yāʾayyuhal-kāfirūn.
Say, "O disbelievers,
لَآ أَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢
Lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūn.
I do not worship what you worship.
وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٣
Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud.
Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.
وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٞ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ ٤
Wa lā ana ʿābidum mā ʿabadttum.
Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.
وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٥
Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud.
Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.
لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِيَ دِينِ ٦
Lakum dīnukum waliya dīn.
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."
Those who die as disbelievers
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٌ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ لَعۡنَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٦١
Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa mātū wa hum kuffārun ulāʾika ʿalayhim laʿnatullāhi wal-malāʾikati wan-nāsi ajmaʿīn.
Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - upon them will be the curse of Allāh and of the angels and the people, all together,
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ١٦٢
Khālidīna fīhā lā yukhaffafu ʿanhumul-ʿadhābu wa lā hum yunẓarūn.
Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَمَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٞ فَلَن يُقۡبَلَ مِنۡ أَحَدِهِم مِّلۡءُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَهَبٗا وَلَوِ ٱفۡتَدَىٰ بِهِۦٓۗ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٩١
Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa mātū wa hum kuffārun falay yuqbala min aḥadihim milʾul-arḍi dhahabaw wa lawiftadā bih, ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun alīmuw wa mā lahum min nāṣirīn.
Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٞ فَلَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ ٣٤
Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi thumma mātū wa hum kuffārun falay yaghfirallāhu lahum.
Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allāh and then died while they were disbelievers - never will Allāh forgive them.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ شَرُّ ٱلۡبَرِيَّةِ ٦
Innal-ladhīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi wal-mushrikīna fī nāri jahannama khālidīna fīhā, ulāʾika hum sharrul-bariyyah.
Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures.