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كَفَرَ

كفر in the Quran

Meaning: disbelieved

كفر occurs 340 times in 307 verses across 64 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
340
Verses
307
Surahs
64

كَفَرَ

Verb · 289 times

Meaning: disbelieved · Also translated as: disbelieve[d], disbelieve, disbelieves, you disbelieve

Forms in the Quran

  • كَفَرُوا۟ ×189
  • كَفَرَ ×19
  • تَكْفُرُونَ ×12
  • يَكْفُرُونَ ×12
  • يَكْفُرُ ×12
  • كَفَرْتُم ×6
  • تَكْفُرُوا۟ ×4
  • يَكْفُرُوا۟ ×3

كُفْر

Noun · 37 times

Meaning: for their disbelief · Also translated as: because of their disbelief, [the] disbelief

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْكُفْرَ ×11
  • بِكُفْرِهِمْ ×4
  • بِٱلْكُفْرِ ×4
  • كُفْرًا ×4
  • وَكُفْرًا ×4
  • كُفْرُهُۥ ×3
  • كُفْرُهُمْ ×2
  • وَكُفْرٌۢ ×1

كَفَّرَ

Verb · 14 times

Meaning: And He will remove · Also translated as: and remove, surely I remove

Forms in the Quran

  • وَيُكَفِّرُ ×3
  • يُكَفِّرْ ×3
  • لَأُكَفِّرَنَّ ×2
  • وَكَفِّرْ ×1
  • نُكَفِّرْ ×1
  • لَكَفَّرْنَا ×1
  • لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ ×1
  • لِيُكَفِّرَ ×1

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 كفر

Verses 161–180 of 307

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    (As if) to show their ingratitude For the favours We have Bestowed on them! Then enjoy (Your brief day); but soon Will ye know (your folly)!

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:55
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    And God has made for you Mates (and Companions) of your own nature, And made for you, out of them, Sons and daughters and grandchildren, And provided for you sustenance Of the best: will they Then believe in vain things, And be ungrateful for God's favours?—

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:72
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    One Day We shall raise From all Peoples a Witness: Then will no excuse be accepted From Unbelievers, nor will they Receive any favours.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:84
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who reject God And hinder (men) from the Path Of God—for them Will We add Penalty To Penalty; for that they Used to spread mischief.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:88
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Any one who, after accepting Faith in God, utters Unbelief,— Except under compulsion, His heart remaining firm In Faith—but such as Open their breast to Unbelief,— On them is Wrath from God, And theirs will be A dreadful Penalty.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:106
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    God sets forth a Parable: A city enjoying security And quiet, abundantly supplied With sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful For the favours of God: So God made it taste Of hunger and terror (in extremes) (Closing in on it) like a garment (From every side), because Of the (evil) which (Its people) wrought.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:112
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Or do ye feel secure That He will not send you Back a second time To sea and send against you A heavy gale to drown you Because of your ingratitude, So that ye find no helper Therein against Us?

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:69
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    That is their recompense, Because they rejected Our Signs, And said, "When we are reduced To bones and broken dust, Should we really be raised up (To be) a new Creation?"

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:98
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say, "The Truth is From your Lord": Let him who will, Believe, and let him Who will, reject (it): For the wrong-doers We Have prepared a Fire Whose (smoke and flames), Like the walls and roof Of a tent, will hem Them in: if they implore Relief they will be granted Water like melted brass, That will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch To recline on!

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:29
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    His companion said to him, In the course of the argument With him: "Dost thou deny Him Who created thee Out of dust, then out of A sperm-drop, then fashioned Thee into a man?

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:37
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    We only send the apostles To give glad tidings And to give warnings But the Unbelievers dispute With vain argument, in order Therewith to weaken the truth, And they treat My Signs As a jest, as also the fact That they are warned!

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:56
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    "As for the youth, His parents were people Of Faith, and we feared That he would grieve them By obstinate rebellion And ingratitude (to God and man).

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:80
  13. 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
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    They are those who deny The Signs of their Lord And the fact of their Having to meet Him (In the Hereafter): vain Will be their works, Nor shall We, on the Day Of Judgment, give them Any weight.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:105
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    That is their reward, Hell; because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs And My Messengers By way of jest.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:106
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    But the sects differ Among themselves: and woe To the Unbelievers because Of the (coming) Judgment Of a momentous Day!

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:37
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    When Our Clear Signs Are rehearsed to them, The Unbelievers say to those Who believe, "Which of the two Sides is best in point of Position? which makes the best Show in Council?"

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:73
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Hast thou then seen The (sort of) man who Rejects Our Signs, yet Says: "I shall certainly Be given wealth and children?"

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:77
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Instead, they shall reject Their worship, and become Adversaries against them.

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:82
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do not the Unbelievers see That the heavens and the earth Were joined together (as one Unit of Creation), before We clove them asunder? We made from water Every living thing. Will they Not then believe?

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:30