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An-Nisa 4:136

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَـٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا

O you who have believed, believe in Allāh and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allāh, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Order to Have Faith after Believing

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

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

Sequence

Discussed upto this point were subsidiary injunctions mostly, alongwith issues relating to faith ('Iman) and disbelief (kufr) appearing as a corollary to dealings with antagonists. Onwards from here, these issues appear in some detail continuing almost close to the end of the Surah. In the sequence of statements, first comes a description of 'Iman (faith) as credible in the sight of the Shari’ ah. After that, various groups of disbelievers have been censured for their beliefs and for some of their deeds also which issue forth from their faulty beliefs.

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يا أيها الذين صدَّقوا الله ورسوله وعملوا بشرعه داوموا على ما أنتم عليه من التصديق الجازم بالله تعالى وبرسوله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، ومن طاعتهما، وبالقرآن الذي نزله عليه، وبجميع الكتب التي أنزلها الله على الرسل. ومن يكفر بالله تعالى، وملائكته المكرمين، وكتبه التي أنزلها لهداية خلقه، ورسله الذين اصطفاهم لتبليغ رسالته، واليوم الآخر الذي يقوم الناس فيه بعد موتهم للعرض والحساب، فقد خرج من الدين، وبَعُدَ بعدًا كبيرًا عن طريق الحق.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يأمر الله تعالى عباده المؤمنين بالدخول في جميع شرائع الإيمان وشعبه وأركانه ودعائمه ، وليس هذا من باب تحصيل الحاصل ، بل من باب تكميل الكامل وتقريره وتثبيته والاستمرار عليه . كما يقول المؤمن في كل صلاة : ( اهدنا الصراط المستقيم ) [ الفاتحة : 6 ] أي : بصرنا فيه ، وزدنا هدى ، وثبتنا عليه . فأمرهم بالإيمان به وبرسوله ، كما قال تعالى : ( يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وآمنوا برسوله ) [ الحديد : 28 ] .وقوله : ( والكتاب الذي نزل على رسوله ) يعني : القرآن ( والكتاب الذي أنزل من قبل ) وهذا جنس يشمل جميع الكتب المتقدمة ، وقال في القرآن : ( نزل ) ; لأنه نزل مفرقا منجما على الوقائع ، بحسب ما يحتاج إليه العباد إليه في معادهم ومعاشهم ، وأما الكتب المتقدمة فكانت تنزل جملة واحدة ; ولهذا قال : ( والكتاب الذي أنزل من قبل ) ثم قال ( ومن يكفر بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله واليوم الآخر فقد ضل ضلالا بعيدا ) أي : فقد خرج عن طريق الهدى ، وبعد عن القصد كل البعد .

Tafsir is provided for educational reference. Paragraph breaks are added for readability — the wording of each commentary is unchanged. For religious guidance, consult a qualified scholar.