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kafir

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See also:kâfir

English

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It has been requested that this entry bemerged withkaffir(+).

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromArabicكَافِر(kāfir,denier, unbeliever).Doublet ofkaffir.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kafir (countable anduncountable,pluralkuffarorkafirs)

  1. (Islam, countable, offensive, religiousslur, politics) Adisbeliever, adenier: someone who rejects or disbelieves inAllah or the tenets ofIslam; or more broadly anynon-Muslim.
    Antonym:Muslim
  2. (uncountable)Ellipsis ofkafir corn.
    • 1914, Omar Orlando Churchill,Forage and Silage Crops for Oklahoma, page10:
      Kafir makes better forage than theduras.
    • 1918,Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, page568:
      Kafir is confined practically to the Southwestern States where, owing to its drought resistant character, it has become an important crop.

Usage notes

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  • Some people use the term to refer to any non-Muslim,[1] but others consider this an error.[2][3] The term is sometimes derogatory.[4][5][6]

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Translations

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infidel, non-Muslim

See also

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References

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  1. ^Shaykh Al-Islam ibn Taymiyyah, v. 27, p. 264: “Whosoever does not forbid people from the deen of the Jews and Christians after the prophethood of the messenger Muhammad (saw) nor declares them kafir nor hates them, he is not a Muslim by the consensus of ALL Muslims, their scholars and the general public.”
  2. ^Ahmed Affi, Hassan AffiContemporary Interpretation of Islamic Law (Troubador Publishing Ltd 2014,→ISBN), page 12
  3. ^Asghar Ali Engineer,Islam in Contemporary World (Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd 2007,→ISBN), xvi
  4. ^Rajan, Julie (2015 January 30)Al Qaeda’s Global Crisis: The Islamic State, Takfir and the Genocide of Muslims[1], Routledge, retrieved27 August 2015, page cii
  5. ^Bunt, Gary (2009)Muslims[2], The Other Press, retrieved27 August 2015, page ccxxiv
  6. ^Pruniere, Gerard (2007 January 1)Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide[3], Cornell University Press, retrieved27 August 2015, page xvi

Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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kafir m orfby sense (pluralkafirs)

  1. Alternative form ofkâfir

Further reading

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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FromMalaykafir, fromClassical Malaykafir(infidel), fromArabicكَافِر(kāfir,denier, unbeliever).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kafir (pluralkafir-kafir)

  1. (in general senses)unbeliever,non-believer,infidel
  2. (Islam) akafir, adisbeliever, adenier, someone who denies the truths fromAllah; or more broadly anynon-Muslim
  3. (Christianity) non-Christian
  4. (Christianity, Jewish)gentile, non-Jew

Usage notes

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This term is sometimesderogatory.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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FromArabicكَافِر(kāfir,denier, unbeliever).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.fir/,[ka.fe(r)]
  • Rhymes:-afir
  • Hyphenation:ka‧fir

Noun

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kafir (Jawi spellingکافير,pluralkafir-kafir)

  1. (Islam, offensive, religiousslur) Akafir, adisbeliever, adenier: someone who denies the truths fromAllah; or more broadly anynon-Muslim.

Usage notes

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  • This term is considered offensive by non-Muslims.
  • To avoid offence, terms such asorang bukan Islam andorang bukan Muslim, respectively meaning a person who is "non-Islam" and a person who is "non-Muslim", are often used instead.

Affixations

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Compounds

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Further reading

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.fir/
  • Rhymes:-afir
  • Syllabification:ka‧fir

Noun

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kafir pers

  1. (Islam)kafir

Declension

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Declension ofkafir
singularplural
nominativekafirkafirzy/kafiry (deprecative)
genitivekafirakafirów
dativekafirowikafirom
accusativekafirakafirów
instrumentalkafiremkafirami
locativekafirzekafirach
vocativekafirzekafirzy

Further reading

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  • kafir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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SwedishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediasv

Etymology

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Borrowed fromArabicكَافِر(kāfir).

Noun

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kafir c

  1. (Islam)kafir
    • 1910,Sven Hedin,Öfver land till Indien I[5], Albert Bonnier, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived fromthe original on2025-03-30, page157:
      Men jag är »kafir» i deras ögon och muhamedanerna äta icke från samma fat som en hedning.
      But I'm a "kafir" in their eyes, and Mohammedans don't eat from the same plate as a pagan.
    • 2015 June 8,Maria Rashidi, “'När får vi vårt första svenska förortskalifat?'”, inGöteborgs-Posten[6], archived fromthe original on2024-04-06:
      Egentligen talar hon om islamister som – till skillnad från många liberala, demokratiska och sekulära muslimer – anser att västerlänningar/kafirer är fiender till deras Gud.
      In reality, she's talking about islamists who – in contrast to many liberal, democratic, and secular Muslims – think that Westerners/kafirs are enemies of their God.
    • 2017 May 15,Magda Gad, “Kan bli de värsta striderna hittills”, inExpressen[7], archived fromthe original on2024-04-25:
      Saudis kungahus [...] välkomna[de] [...] amerikanska soldater,kafirer som inte tror på islam, till saudisk helig mark.
      The Saudi royal family welcomed American soldiers,kafirs who don't believe in Islam, to Saudi holy ground.

Declension

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Declension ofkafir
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitekafirkafirs
definitekafirenkafirens
pluralindefinitekafirerkafirers
definitekafirernakafirernas

Related terms

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References

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