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What Does Al-kafirin (الْكَافِرِين) Mean in the Quran?

الْكَافِرِين
al-kafirin
the disbelievers
Word type
plural noun

This page studies الْكَافِرِين as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
52 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

الْكَافِرِين (al-kafirin) means the disbelievers. It describes those who reject or cover the truth after it reaches them.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍۢ

For the disbelievers - not easy.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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