7 Preface وَإِذ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُم لَئِن شَكَرتُم لَأَزيدَنَّكُم ۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرتُم إِنَّ عَذابي لَشَديدٌYusuf AliAnd remember! your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): “If ye are grateful, I will add more (favours) unto you; But if ye show ingratitude,1 truly My punishment is terrible indeed.”The various shades of meaning in Shakara are explained in n. 1877 above. Kafara implies: (1) to reject Faith, as in 2:6 and n. 30; (2) to be ungrateful for mercies and favours received, as here; (3) to resist God or Faith, as in 3:13; (4) to deny (the Signs of God), as in 3:21, or deny the mission of Messengers, as in 14:9. Kafir in the most general sense may be translated “Unbeliever.”