K-F-R

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K-F-R ك ف ر is the triconsonantal root of many Arabic words, and many of those words are used as names.

[edit] Usages

[edit] Concepts

  • Kufr — disbelief
  • Takfir — excommunication
  • Kafir, pl. Kuffar"coverer" — unbeliver; "a person who hides or covers the truth"
  • Kafare — sentence for a crime, for example lashes for adultery, used in religious issues
  • Mukaffir — the act which precipitates takfir.

[edit] Words

  • Kafara — "to cover" — as a pre-Islamic term it described farmers burying seeds in the ground, covering them with soil while planting.
  • Kafar — sentence for a crime, 20 years for murder; used in more general issues