Allah commands His faithful servants to adhere to all the elements of faith, its
branches, pillars and cornerstones. This is not stated as mere redundancy, but from
the view of completing faith and the continual maintenence of it. For instance,
the believer proclaims in every prayer,
﴿اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
﴾
(Guide us to the straight way.) which means, make us aware of the straight path
and increase us in guidance and strengthen us on it. In this Ayah ﴿4:136﴾, Allah
commands the believers to believe in Him and in His Messenger, just as He said elsewhere,
﴿يأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ
اللَّهَ وَءَامِنُواْ بِرَسُولِهِ﴾
(O you who believe! Have Taqwa of Allah, and believe in His Messenger, ). Allah's
statement,
﴿وَالْكِتَـبِ الَّذِى نَزَّلَ عَلَى
رَسُولِهِ﴾
(and the Book which He has sent down to His Messenger,) refers to the Qur'an, while,
﴿وَالْكِتَـبِ الَّذِى أَنَزلَ مِن
قَبْلُ﴾
(and the Scripture which He sent down to those before (him);) refers to the previously
revealed divine Books. Allah then said,
﴿وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَـئِكَتِهِ
وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الاٌّخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَـلاً بَعِيداً﴾
(and whosoever disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and
the Last Day, then indeed he has strayed far away.) meaning, he will have deviated
from the correct guidance and strayed far away from its path.
﴿إِنَّ الَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ ثُمَّ ءَامَنُواْ ثُمَّ كَفَرُواْ ثُمَّ ازْدَادُواْ كُفْراً
لَّمْ يَكُنْ اللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلاَ لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ سَبِيلاً - بَشِّرِ الْمُنَـفِقِينَ
بِأَنَّ لَهُمْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً ﴾
﴿الَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ
الْكَـفِرِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ
فَإِنَّ العِزَّةَ للَّهِ جَمِيعاً - وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى الْكِتَـبِ أَنْ
إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ يُكَفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ
مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى يَخُوضُواْ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذاً مِّثْلُهُمْ إِنَّ
اللَّهَ جَامِعُ الْمُنَـفِقِينَ وَالْكَـفِرِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعاً ﴾
(137. Verily, those who believe, then disbelieve, then believe (again), and (again)
disbelieve, and go on increasing in disbelief; Allah will not forgive them, nor
guide them on the (right) way.) (138. Give to the hypocrites the tidings that there
is for them a painful torment.) (139. Those who take disbelievers for friends instead
of believers, do they seek honor with them Verily, then to Allah belongs all honor).
(140. And it has already been revealed to you in the Book that when you hear the
verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage
in talk other than that; certainly in that case you would be like them. Surely,
Allah will collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell.)
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