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The opposite term of kufr ('disbelief') is iman ('faith'), [12] and the opposite of kafir ('disbeliever') is mu'min ('believer'). [13] A person who denies the existence of a creator might be called a dahri. [14] [15] One type of kafir is a mushrik (مشرك), another group of religious wrongdoer mentioned frequently in the Quran and other ...
The term has its etymological roots in the Arabic word kāfir (كافر), usually translated as "disbeliever" or "non-believer". [5] The word is primarily used without racial connotation, although in some contexts it was particularly used for the pagan zanj along the Swahili coast who were an early focus of the Arab slave trade. [6]
A term used generally for non-believers. [131] Kafir A derogatory term used by Muslims for a person who is a non believer. [132] [133] Not to be confused with the South-African slur Kaffir. Murtad A word meaning people who left Islam, mainly critics of Islam. [134] Mushrik
One Arabic language analogue to infidel, referring to non-Muslims, is kafir (sometimes "kaafir", "kufr" or "kuffar") from the root K-F-R, which connotes covering or concealing. [25] [26] The term KFR may also refer to disbelieve in something, ungrateful for something provided or denunciation of a certain matter or life style. [27]
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: The Similitude of a believer is that of (a standing) crop which the air continues to toss from one side to another; in the same way a believer always (receives the strokes) of misfortune. The similitude of a munafiq is that of a cypress tree which does not move until it is uprooted.
In non-Muslim majority countries, Muslims may identify themselves by distinguishing themselves as practicing vs. not-practicing and believer vs. non-believer. [28] Usually, ritual practicing ones are presumed to be believers, while non-practicing ones may be believers or non-believers.
Kafiristan or Kafirstan is normally taken to mean "land [] of the kafirs" in the Persian language, where the name کافر kafir is derived from the Arabic كافر kāfir, literally meaning a person who refuses to accept a principle of any nature and figuratively as a person refusing to accept Islam as his faith; it is commonly translated into English as a "non-believer".
Mu'min or mumin (Arabic: مُؤْمِن, romanized: muʾmin; feminine: مُؤْمِنَة muʾmina) is an Arabic name and Islamic term frequently referenced in the Quran, meaning 'believer'. [1] Al-Mu'minun ( Arabic : المؤمنون , al-muʼminūn ; meaning: 'The Believers') is the 23rd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an .