Surat Al `Imran (81-90)

{وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللهُ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ لَمَا آَتَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ كِتَابٍ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَلَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ قَالَ أَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قَالُوا أَقْرَرْنَا قَالَ فَاشْهَدُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ} [آل عمران: 81]

81- Allah took the Covenant and the Charter from every prophet that He sent from Adam to Jesus [peace be upon him] that He sent down the Scriptures and gave you wisdom. No matter the knowledge you have, when a messenger comes to you, you have to believe in, follow, and support him. Do not let the prophetic message and the knowledge you have stop you from following and supporting him.

Allah, the Almighty, said to them: Have you agreed to that which I commanded you to do and took the covenant and the Charters to that? They said: "We have admitted that and agreed to it.

Allah, the Almighty, said which means: Let some of you bear witness to that recognition and I do bear witness too.

The same testimony is asked from their followers too because each prophet commended to follow the next prophet.

{فَمَنْ تَوَلَّى بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الفَاسِقُونَ} [آل عمران: 82]

82- So, whoever turns away from that after the covenant, the conformity, and testimony had been taken from them, they are rebellious and obedient.

{أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ اللهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ} [آل عمران: 83]

83- Do those opponents want another religion other than the religion of Allah, to whom everyone in the heavens and on the earth have surrendered, whether voluntarily of forcibly. They are all, believers and disbelievers, under the authority of Allah, the Almighty, His Decree, which is not rejected, and their final destination shall be to Him on the Day of the Recompense to retribute them for their actions.

{قُلْ آَمَنَّا بِاللهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَالنَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ} [آل عمران: 84]

84- O Prophet, you and the believers say: We believed in Allah Alone, in the Qur'an which He revealed to us, and in the Scriptures that He revealed to His prophets: Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the tribes, they are the children of Jacob [peace be upon him], the sheets, the revelation, the Torah that was given to Moses, the Bible which was revealed to Jesus as well as the revelations and miracles that were sent down to all messengers. We do not distinguish between any of them, so we believe in them all. We are not like the People of the Scriptures who believe in part of the Scriptures and do not believe in some. We submit to the command and the wisdom of Allah. We are devoted to Him in worship, obey Him in that which He commanded, abstain from that He forbade, and believe in all that He asked us to believe in.

{وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الآَخِرَةِ مِنَ الخَاسِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 85]

85- Whoever adopts other than the religion of Islam as a way and method such as a doctrine, a religion, an idea, or a system, Allah will not accept it from Him. There is no need for people's whims, but the only need is to belief and acting according to the legislation of Allah. Therefore, whoever refuses and adopted other than the religion of Allah, Allah shall not accept it from him and he shall be of the losers where the everlasting agony awaits him for refusing the clear truth and for preferring falsehood to guidance.

{كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَاءَهُمُ البَيِّنَاتُ وَاللهُ لَا يَهْدِي القَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ} [آل عمران: 86]

86- How Allah could guide some people to the truth after they had converted from Islam and after they had believed in Allah and admitted the Prophethood of Prophet Muhammad [peace be upon him]! The proofs were set against them and the matter was crystAl Clear to them. Indeed, they wronged themselves by apostasy, returning to misguidance, and preferring temptation to guidance.

{أُولَئِكَ جَزَاؤُهُمْ أَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةَ اللهِ وَالمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ} [آل عمران: 87]

87- The retribution of those people is the expulsion from the mercy of Allah and the curse of Allah, the curse of His Angels, and the curse all people shall be on them.

{خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ العَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ} [آل عمران: 88]

88- Their retribution is Hell Fire; it will not be alleviated for an hour and they shall not be respited. If they were to be back to the world, they would have repeat the forbidden acts they used to do.

{إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ} [آل عمران: 89]

89- Except those who repent to Allah after their apostasy by believing in him, perfecting their faith, and reforming what they used to corrupt. Those people whose actions have changed to be right and their behaviors were good, Allah would accept their repentance and bestow upon them His Forgiveness because He is Oft-Forgiving with His Servants and always shows mercy to them.

{إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ ثُمَّ ازْدَادُوا كُفْرًا لَنْ تُقْبَلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الضَّالُّونَ} [آل عمران: 90]

90- Those who disbelieved after Allah had guided them to faith then their disbelief increased, and continued to do that until they died, Allah would not accept their repentance when they die and those are the straying ones who spent their lives in the way of corruption and disbelief.

From the examples of increasing disbelief is to deny the proofs and the successive signs.