Disbelief
أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَسْأَلُوا رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۗ وَمَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ {108}
Or are you intending that you would be questioning your Rasool, just as Musa was questioned from before; and the one who is (adopting) ‘الْكُفْرَ’ the Kufr, replacing the Eman with it, so he has strayed (from) the right Way [2:108]
قَالَ الْإِمَامُ ع: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا ع أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ بَلْ تُرِيدُونَ يَا كُفَّارَ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْيَهُودَ أَنْ تَسْئَلُوا رَسُولَكُمْ مَا تَقْتَرِحُونَهُ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي لَا تَعْلَمُونَ هَلْ فِيهَا صَلَاحُكُمْ أَوْ فَسَادُكُمْ كَما سُئِلَ مُوسى مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ اقْتَرَحَ عَلَيْهِ لَمَّا قِيلَ لَهُ لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ
The Imam (Hassan Al-Askari-asws) said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws Bin Musa Al-Reza-asws said: ‘Or are you intending – But, you are intending, O unbelievers of Quraysh and the Jews, that you would be questioning your Rasool – what you are suggesting it, from the Signs which you are not knowing whether therein is your correction or your corruption, just as Musa was questioned from before – and suggested upon him-as for what was said to him-as, We will never believe in you until we see Allah manifestly, so the thunderbolt seized you [2:55].
وَ مَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمانِ بَعْدَ جَوَابِ الرَّسُولِ لَهُ- إِنَّ مَا سَأَلَهُ لَا يَصْلُحُ اقْتِرَاحُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ بَعْدَ مَا يُظْهِرُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ مَا اقْتَرَحَ إِنْ كَانَ صَوَاباً
And the one who is (adopting) the Kufr, replacing the Eman with it – after the answer of the Rasool-saww to him that it is not correct, what he is suggesting to Allah-azwj, and after Allah-azwj the Exalted had Manifested what he had suggested, if he was correct.
«وَ مَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمانِ» بِأَنْ لَا يُؤْمِنَ عِنْدَ مُشَاهَدَةِ مَا يَقْتَرِحُ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ أَوْ لَا يُؤْمِنُ إِذَا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَقْتَرِحَ، وَ أَنَّهُ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكْتَفِيَ بِمَا قَدْ أَقَامَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الدَّلَالاتِ، وَ أَوْضَحَهُ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ الْبَيِّنَاتِ،
And the one who is (adopting) the Kufr, replacing the Eman with it – that he will not believe during the witnessing was is suggested from the Verses, or he will not believe when he recognises that it isn’t for him that he should suggest, and that it is Obligation that he suffices with what Allah-azwj the Exalted has Established from the evidences, and Clarified from the clear Signs.
فَيَتَبَدَّلُ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ- بِأَنْ يُعَانِدَ وَ لَا يَلْتَزِمَ الْحُجَّةَ الْقَائِمَةَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَواءَ السَّبِيلِ أَخْطَأَ قَصْدَ الطُّرُقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى الْجِنَانِ، وَ أَخَذَ فِي الطُّرُقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى النِّيرَانِ
Thus, he is (adopting) the Kufr, replacing the Eman with it, being inimical and not necessitating (upon himself) the proofs established upon him, so he has strayed (from) the right Way [2:108] – erred it aiming for the road leading to the Gardens, and (instead) took to the road leading to the Fires’’.[1]
[1] Tafseer Imam Hassan Al Askari-asws – S 313