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- Ka‘bah (الكعبة)
- cube-house; the cube-shaped building i.e. in Mecca toward which Muslims pray.
- Kāfir (كافر kāfir sing.; كفّار kuffār pl.)
- from the word kafara - "to hide." Those who deliberately hide the truth; unbelievers, truth-concealers; one who is ungrateful. Plural: Kāfirūn. Extreme care ought to be taken with this word, as it is was (and is) occasionally misused as an offensive term for black people by white South Africans.
- Kalam (علم الكلم)
- Literally, “words” or “speech,” and referring to oration. The name applied to the discipline of philosophy and theology concerned specifically with the nature of faith, determinism and freedom, and the nature of the divine attributes.
- Khair (خير)
- Every kind of good
- Khalīfah (خليفة)
- Caliph, more generally, one performing the duties of khilafa.
- Khalil (خليل)
- devoted friend
- Khalq
- Creation - the act of measuring; determining, estimating and calculating. Khalq is the noun form of the verb khalaqa (see bara, sawwara).
- Al-khaliq
- The Creator, Allah.
- Khamr (خمر)
- Intoxicant, wine.
- Khāṭib (خطيب)
- the speaker at the Friday Muslim prayer, or Jumu'ah prayer.
- Khatm
- Complete recitation of the Qur'an.
- Kharāj (خراج)
- a land tax.
- Khayr
- goodness. See birr (righteousness) See qist (equity) See 'adl (equilibrium and justice) See haqq (truth and right) See ma'ruf (known and approved) See taqwa (piety.)
- Khilaaf
- Controversy, dispute, discord.
- Khilāfah (خلافة)
- Man's trusteeship and stewardship of Earth; Most basic theory of the Caliphate; Flora and fauna as sacred trust; Accountability to; God for harms to nature, failure to actively care and maintain. Three specific ways in which khalifa is manifested in Muslim practice are the creation of haram to protect water, hima to protect other species (including those useful to man), and by resisting infidel domination over Muslim lands, in jihad.
- Khalīfāt Rashīdūn
- four first caliphs, believed by most Muslims to be most righteous rulers in history
- Khimār (خمار) (pl. khumur)
- headcovering (Q. 24:31).
- Khitan (ختان)
- Male circumcision.
- Khuluq
- ethics
- Khushu' - humility, devotion, concentration (especially in prayer).
- Khuṭbah (خطبة)
- the sermon at Jumu'ah prayer.
- Kibr - pride, arrogance
- Kibar - old age
- Kitāb (كتاب)
- book; The Qur'an is often referred to as "Al-Kitāb" (The Book).
- Kufr (كفر)
- In Arabic - ungratefulness and disbelief in God and denial of the truth. See Kafir and Kuffar
- Kufrul-hukmi
- Disbelief from judgment.
- Kufrul-'Inaad
- Disbelief out of stubbornness
- Kufrul-Inkaar
- Disbelief out of arrogance and pride.
- Kufrul-Istibdaal
- Disbelief because of trying to substitute Allaah's Laws.
- Kufrul-Istihaal
- Disbelief out of trying to make HARAM into HALAL.
- Kufrul-Istihzaha
- Disbelief due to mockery and derision
- Kufrul jahli
- Disbelief from not being aware of or not understanding.
- Kufrul-juhudi
- Disbelief from obstinacy after being presented with truth.
- Kufrul-Nifaaq
- Disbelief out of hypocrisy.
- Kufrul-I'raadh
- Disbelief due to avoidance.
- Kun (كن)
- God's command to the universe, 'Be!' is sufficient to create it.
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