Why Would Anyone, In Their Right Mind, Commit Kufr?
Yes he needs help because he is unable to understand the repurcussion of his actions
I am not sure what do u mean by willful ignorance. Any person who rejected an idea based on small/far fetched/ unreal assumptions in comparison to overwhelming evidence would be considered kafir of that particular idea Iblees wanted to prove Allah wrong about His decision to ask angels to prostrate. Plz read 7:11-18 , 15:28-43, 38:74-85 Iblees clearly challenges Allah and Allah accepted it. The promise of hellfire is because of iblees’s refusal to prostrate. Punishment postponed till day of judgement. So I am not sure where is this idea is coming from that Iblees absolutely knows he’s gonna fail this challenge. The example of king is wrong because it’s an abstract and unreal example. It assumes that the person in front of the king is doing treason for no reason. Not possible, don’t u think? If treason is for a reason than that reason is bigger than absolute death. Countless examples exist. U keep comparing stubbornness to insanity. Not true, completely sane people can be stubborn without any reason. They aren’t mentally sick but just stubborn 15:14-15 And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend. They would say, “Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic.”