Imaan and Kufr in the Quran | What the Quran Means

Greetings ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to yet another video on "Kufr" and "Imaan" in the Quran.
In the previous video, we described “Kufr” as the act of suppressing a thing known or believed to be true; and in this video, we are going to build more on that concept and examine it further in light of some Quranic verses. Commonly, it is held that the term disbelief or to disbelieve is correlated to the term “kufr” in the Quran, however, this according to my understanding of the Quran is not the case. Kufr is typically juxtaposed with Imaan in the Quran, and as we probably already know, Imaan really doesn’t translate to belief according to the Quran. There is a connection to it, but Imaan is something else entirely. In my opinion, both terms are built upon a belief which someone has within themselves; so contrary to popular belief, both terms do in fact hinge upon a belief or a knowledge. And by this I mean that “kufr” is also based on belief, just as Imaan is based on belief of some sort. To explain this in some further detail, for someone to commit the act of “kufr,” they must either believe or know that the thing against which they commit “kufr,” is in fact true; and for someone to commit the act of Imaan, they must believe or know that the thing for which they commit the act of Imaan, is in fact true. But let us take a look at an example of this in the Quran. In chapter 49, verses 14 and 15, God states.
The Bedouin Arabs say: we have Imaan. Tell them [O Muhammad]: Nay, in fact, you do not have Imaan, but rather you should say, we have accepted monotheism; for Imaan has not yet entered into your hearts. But if you are to comply with God and His messenger, He will not diminish anything from your works at all, as assuredly, God is indeed forgiving, merciful. The Mu’minoon are only those who had Imaan in God and His messenger, and then they did not doubt; and they strove with their wealth and their lives in the path of God. Such people are they who are the truthful.
So, according to these two verses, these Bedouins would say that they had Imaan, but yet God tells them that they in fact did not have Imaan, for Imaan had not entered into their hearts; however, they were recommended to say that they have Islam. So the Question is: if Imaan really meant to merely believe, then what does Islam imply? Does someone who has Islam not believe in God, the last day, the prophets, the angels, and the scriptures? Clearly, of course they do; however, that does not mean that they have Imaan. So then what is it that these verses are trying to inform us? According to the verses, Imaan would only enter these people’s hearts if they obeyed God and His messenger. We are told that, if they did obey God and His messenger, then God would not reduce any of their works; which in turn means that obedience to or compliance with the messenger is a deed, and it is exemplified through action. It is an action, rather than a mere belief that one has within their heart. So from this, we can say that Imaan is in fact an action that one does to mirror the belief they hold within their hearts and minds. Similarly, in the following verse, we are told that the Mu’minoon put their faith in God and His messenger, and they strive with their wealth and their lives in the path of God. These people, according to this verse, are the ones who are true to their commitment. So, once again we see that Imaan is in of itself a commitment that one shows through their actions to something known or believe to be true. “Kufr” would then be the opposite to this description; meaning it is non-committedness that one shows through their actions to something known or believed to be true.
So for example, when someone does “kufr” in God and the Last Day, it means that they believe or know that God and the Last Day are in fact true, but they do not act in accordance with that belief. It is basically a suppression of something known to be true. In the Quran, as I also said in the previous video, the Mu’minoon are also told to do kufr in certain things, here in particular, the taaghoot, referring to the oppressive and transgressive ruling powers in a given society. Here, in this case, you know that these powers are oppressive and tyrannical, and so you act in opposition to them, i.e. you do “kufr” in them, whereas the one who believes them to be true and still acts in accordance with them, does the act of Imaan in them.

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So no hadith needed?

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​@chillinwithscripture3033 what is verse in 4:00 and 4:52?