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كافِر

كافر in the Quran

Meaning: the disbelievers

كافر occurs 156 times in 152 verses across 59 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
156
Verses
152
Surahs
59

كافِر

Noun · 156 times

Meaning: the disbelievers · Also translated as: disbelievers, disbeliever, a disbeliever, disbelieving

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ×52
  • لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ ×23
  • ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ ×17
  • كَٰفِرُونَ ×15
  • ٱلْكُفَّارَ ×12
  • كَٰفِرِينَ ×8
  • وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ ×5
  • كُفَّارٌ ×4

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الكفر في اللغة: ستر الشيء، ووصف الليل بالكافر لستره الأشخاص، والزراع لستره البذر في الأرض، وليس ذلك باسم لهما كما قال بعض أهل اللغة لما سمع:387-ألقت ذكاء يمينها في كافر

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿إن الذين كفروا﴾ [آل عمران: 4]. الكفر أصله التغطية والستر. وسمي الكافر الشرعي كافرا لأنه ستر الحق وغطى عليه. وسمي الليل كافرا لستره الأشياء بظلامه. وأنشد لثعلبة: [من الكامل]

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ك ف ر

Verses with كافر

Verses 61–80 of 152

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    It was not fitting For the people of Medina And the Bedouin Arabs Of the neighbourhood, to refuse To follow God's Apostle, Nor to prefer their own lives To his: because nothing Could they suffer or do, But was reckoned to their credit As a deed of righteousness,— Whether they suffered thirst, Or fatigue, or hunger, in the Cause Of God, or trod paths To raise the ire of the Unbelievers, Or received any injury Whatever from an enemy: For God suffereth not The reward to be lost Of those who do good;—

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:120
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Fight The Unbelievers who gird you about, And let them find firmness In you: and know that God Is with those who fear Him.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:123
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    But those in whose hearts Is a disease,—it will add doubt To their doubt, and they will die In a state of Unbelief.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:125
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Is it a matter Of wonderment to men That We have sent Our inspiration to a man From among themselves?— That he should warn mankind (Of their danger), and give The good news to the Believers That they have before their Lord The lofty rank of Truth. (But) say the Unbelievers: "This is indeed An evident sorcerer!"

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:2
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And deliver us by Thy Mercy From those who reject (Thee)."

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:86
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Those who would hinder (men) From the path of God And would seek in it Something crooked: these were They who denied the Hereafter!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:19
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    So the Ark floated With them on the waves (Towering) like mountains, And Noah called out To his son, who had Separated himself (from the rest): "O my son! embark With us, and be not With the Unbelievers!"

    Surah Hud, verse 11:42
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "Before any food Comes (in due course) To feed either of you, I will surely reveal To you the truth And meaning of this Ere it befall you That is part of the (Duty) Which my Lord hath taught me. I have (I assure you) Abandoned the ways Of a people that believe not In God and that (even) Deny the Hereafter.

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:37
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    "O my sons! go ye And enquire about Joseph And his brother, and never Give up hope of God's Soothing Mercy: truly No one despairs of God's Soothing Mercy, except Those who have no faith."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:87
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    For Him (alone) is prayer In Truth: any others that they Call upon besides Him hear them No more than if they were To stretch forth their hands For water to reach their mouths But it reaches them not: For the prayer of those Without Faith is nothing But (futile) wandering (in the mind).

    Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:14
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    The parable of the Garden Which the righteous are promised!— Beneath it flow rivers: Perpetual is the enjoyment thereof And the shade therein: Such is the End Of the Righteous; and the End Of Unbelievers is the Fire.

    Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:35
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those before them did (also) Devise plots; but in all things The master-planning is God's. He knoweth the doings Of every soul: and soon Will the Unbelievers know Who gets home in the End.

    Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:42
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Of God, to Whom do belong All things in the heavens And on earth! But alas for the Unbelievers For a terrible Penalty (Their Unfaith will bring them)!—

    Surah Ibrahim, verse 14:2
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then, on the Day of Judgment, He will cover them With shame, and say: "Where are My "partners" Concerning whom ye used To dispute (with the godly)?" Those endued with knowledge Will say: "This Day, indeed, Are the Unbelievers covered With Shame and Misery,—

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:27
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    They recognise the favours Of God; then they deny them; And most of them Are (creatures) ungrateful.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:83
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    This because they love The life of this world Better than the Hereafter: And God will not guide Those who reject Faith.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:107
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    It may be that your Lord May (yet) show Mercy Unto you; but if ye Revert (to your sins), We shall revert (To Our punishments): And We have made Hell A prison for those who Reject (all Faith),

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:8
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers To see, all spread out,—

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:100
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do the Unbelievers think That they can take My servants as protectors Besides Me? Verily We Have prepared Hell For the Unbelievers For (their) entertainment.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:102
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Seest thou not that We Have set the Evil Ones on Against the Unbelievers, To incite them with fury?

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:83