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Kāfir

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 295 words | Copyright

Kāfir (Arab., kafara, ‘conceal, be ungrateful’). One who does not believe in Allāh, or in the content of Qur'ān, or in the prophetic status of Muḥammad. Kufr, unbelief, is thus fundamental opposition to God and Islam, and will be punished in hell for ever.

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