concept

Kufr

Beliefs & concepts

Covering or rejecting faith as a named Islamic creed term. Not shirk as association alone, and not blasphemy as insult speech.

Also known as Kufr

Islam

  • Kufr appears in Islam.

    The Qur’an repeatedly names kufr — covering/disbelief and ingratitude — as the stance opposing belief. Islamic kufr speech in that revelation, not hypocrisy as concealed disbelief alone and not a modern slur invent.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)

    M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).