The difference between the doctrine of Kuffar disbelivers and the term of musrikin polytheism in light of Quran.
difference between the mushrikeen and the kuffaar, and to which category do the Jews and Christians belong? 12-02-2005 Question 67626 What is the difference between mushrikeen and kuffaar? Are the Jews and Christians mushrikeen or kuffaar?. Religions Related topic Answer Praise be to Allah. Firstly: The kaafir is the one who denies and conceals the truth. The basic meaning of the word kufr in Arabic is concealment. Shirk means devoting worship to anyone or anything other than Allaah. Kufr may take the form of denying and rejecting, but the mushrik may also believe in Allaah. This is the difference between the mushrik and the kaafir. Each word may also carry the meaning of the other, so the word kufr may be used in the sense of shirk, and the word shirk may be used in the sense of kufr. Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Kufr and shirk may carry the same meaning, which is disbelief in Allaah, may He be exalted, or they may be used separately, whereby shirk