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What is Kufr and Islam?

You must, first of all, recollect one important thing: What is Kufr and what is Islam? Kufr means refusal to obey God, and Islam means total submission to God alone and refusal to accept

any ideas, laws or commandments which contravene the guidance received from God.

This contrast between Islam and Kufr has been clearly described in the Qur'ān. Allah says: 'Whoso judges not by what God has sent down they are the unbelievers' (al-Mā'idah 5:44).

'Judging' does not refer here to merely legal matter or court judgement. It applies to all those decisions which we all have to make every day in our lives. You are all the time having to ask yourselves whether to do a certain thing or not, and how to act in varying circumstances.

One way to reach a decision in every eventuality has been laid down in the Book of God and in the Sunnah of His Messenger; other ways

are prompted by your desires, by your culture and society, or by man-made laws. If you ignore or reject the way laid down by God, if you decide to conduct your lives according to some other way, you are, then, following the path of Kufr. If you do this always and in every portion of your lives, you are totally Kafirs. And if you obey the directions of God in some matters, while in others follow your own self, desires, society, or man-made laws, then you are guilty of Kufr to the extent of your disobedience. You may be half Kafir, or a quarter Kafir or less or more. Put simply: Kufr exists in proportion to the extent of rebellion against the law of God.
--Mohammed Asif Bidar (talk) 06:21, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Article from the book Fundamentals of Islam by Maulan Syyid Abul A'la Maududi