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kuffar

UK/kʌˈfɑː/

kuffar is the plural of kafir.

Meaning of kafir

Noun

kafir (countable and uncountable, plural kuffar or kafirs or kafirun)

  1. (countable, offensive, slur) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.
    • In his sermon, Amir Hamza espoused extremist and segregationist views. He inferred that non-Muslims are “kafir” (infidels).2024 August 21, “Investigation Into Bangladeshi Preacher Amir Hamza’s Sermon in Singapore on 9 August 2024”, in Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore), archived from the original on 28 Aug 2024
    Antonyms:
    Muslim

See all 2 meanings of kafir

Forms of kuffar

alternative formkuffâr
alternative formkuffār

Origin of kuffar

From the Arabic كُفَّار (kuffār), the plural form of كَافِر (kāfir).

Questions about kuffar

What is kuffar the plural of?
Kuffar is the plural of kafir.
How do you pronounce kuffar?
Kuffar is pronounced /kʌˈfɑː/ (UK).

Words near kuffar in the dictionary

  1. Kuether
  2. Kuethers
  3. kuf
  4. Kufa
  5. kuff
  6. kuffar
  7. Kuffel
  8. Kuffels
  9. kuffiyeh
  10. kuffiyehs
  11. kuffs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kuffar (page history and authors); kafir (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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