Kitab

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Kitab (Arabic: کتاب) is the Arabic word for book. The word is also used in the Persian, Swahili (as "kitabu"), Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and Turkish languages. It is part of titles of many Arabic language books. Some prominent examples are:

Al-Kitab - a reference to itself in Qur'an, also called "Kitabullah", The book of God.
Kitab al-Aghani - The Book of Songs
Kitab al-Buldan - Book of Lands
Kitab al-Hiyal - The Book of Ingenious Devices
Kitab al Majmu - Book of the Sum Total
Kitab Ash-Shifa bi ta'rif huquq al-Mustafa - Healing by the recognition of the Rights of the Chosen one
Kitab al-Musiqi al-Kabir - Great Book of Music
Kitab al-Tabikh - The Book of Dishes
Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Most Holy Book, the central book of the Bahá'í Faith.
Kitáb-i-Íqán - Book of Certitude regarded as Bahá'u'lláh's primary theological work.