Is there a difference between the righteous, the believers, and the upright?

The questioner:
Yes. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there a difference between the righteous, the believers, and the upright? Is there a difference between these terms?

The Shaykh:
Yes, yes, there is variation. There is the believer and the disbeliever, and there is also the upright and the sinner, the just and the open sinner. People differ; they differ in their faith and in their religions, among the jinn and among the humans. Yes, there is the hypocrite and the believer, the sinner and the upright, the open sinner and the moderate, the believer and the disbeliever.