150إِنَّ الَّذينَ يَكفُرونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيُريدونَ أَن يُفَرِّقوا بَينَ اللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيَقولونَ نُؤمِنُ بِبَعضٍ وَنَكفُرُ بِبَعضٍ وَيُريدونَ أَن يَتَّخِذوا بَينَ ذٰلِكَ سَبيلًاMuhammad AsadVERILY, those who deny God and His apostles by endeavouring to make a distinction between [belief in] God and [belief in] His apostles, and who say, "We believe in the one but we deny the other,"1 and want to pursue a path in-between -Or: "We believe in some and we deny the others"- that is, they believe in God but not in His apostles (Zamakhshari) or, alternatively, they believe in some of the apostles and deny others (Tabari and Zamakhshari). To my mind, the first of these two interpretations is preferable inasmuch as it covers not only a rejection of some of the apostles but also a total rejection of the idea that God may have revealed His will through His chosen message-bearers. In Islam, the rejection of any or all of God's apostles constitutes almost as grave a sin as a denial of God Himself.