Surat Al Kafirun

May 1, 2010
 Recap
• Ebrahim’s Legacy
• Connection with Kawthar (Allah’s response)
• Abtar vs Kafiroon
• Shani’aka led to kafiroon
 Kufr
• Kafiroon not mushrikoon?
• Kufr: Allah, ayat, rasul, self
• Criteria of Kafiroon
• They refused to leave shirk, this was their kufr
(rejection)
• Worship of jinn & angels (closer than prophets)
• They thought they were on Ibrahim’s deen
• Rejected gifts, unthankful (The Messenger)
 Compromise
• Kuffar had power, number to pressure
• Compromise (desperate times)
• Stubborn (Baqara)
• Shaitans’s Footsteps
• Dam Crack
• Kawthar can’t be bribed
• They were willing to give a little, but still Kafirun
• Dawa like sales, but
 ‫قل يا أيها الكافرون‬
• Allah is responding
• Kafirun, for sure (past, present, future)
• Noun: no hope
• Period of da’wa is over
• I have been commanded to denounce you
• Insult (heavy vs soft), exposing
• ‫يا أيها‬: distancing
• ‫ قل‬vs ‫قولوا‬
 ‫عبادة‬
• 5 terms of Ibada:
– Obedience
– Love
– Trust
– Sincerity
– Rules
• Ibada= Worship + slavery
• Quraish rejected, The Messenger rejected them
• ‫ما‬: He deserves to be worshipped, the way
• No useless repetition in the Quran
• ‫ال أعبد ما تعبدون وال أنتم عابدون ما أعبد‬: present
• ‫وال أنا عابد ما عبدتم‬: I am not a worshipper of what you worshipped
(past)
• ‫وال أنتم عابدون ما أعبد‬: You are not worshippers of what I worship (all
the time)
• The Messenger’s state is fixed, they are changing
• Transformed from actions to state
• ‫ ال‬in Actions and state is used for the messenger
• For them only the state is used
• ‫ ال‬is more permanent than ‫لن‬
 ‫لكم دينكم ولي دين‬
• Most misunderstood ayah
• I am leaving this town
• ‫دين‬: loan, payback
• Warning & Insult
• Final agreement
 Summary
• Ikhlas & Kafirun: complement each other to
complete Islam
• Ikhlas: Who is Allah?
• Kafirun: Ibada vs Kufr?
• No compromise
• Be careful to use Kafirun
• Which side are you on?