Editing Glossary of Islam (section)

==K==
;[[Ka'bah|{{Transliteration|sem|Kaʿbah}}]] ({{lang|ar|الكعبة}}) : cube-house; i.e., the cube-shaped building in Mecca which Muslims face to pray.
;[[Kafir|Kāfir]] - non-Muslim ({{lang|ar|كافر }}kāfir sing.; كفّار kuffār pl.) : from the word kafara, "to hide." Those who deliberately hide the truth; non-Muslims in Islamic or non-Islamic countries or states, unbelievers, truth-concealers; one who is ungrateful to [[God in Islam|God as per Islam]]. Common derogatory term used by different Islamic factions such as sunni and shias to denounce each other as non-Muslims. Plural: Kāfirūn. Commonly used as an offensive term for black people by white South Africans.
;[[Kalam (Islamic term)|Kalām]] ({{lang|ar|الكلام}}) (ʿilm al-kalām) : 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 ({{lang|ar|خير}}): Every kind of good
; [[Caliph|Khalīfah]] ({{lang|ar|خليفة}}) : Caliph, more generally, one performing the duties of [[khilafa]].
; Khalīl ({{lang|ar|خليل}}) : devoted friend
; Khalq ({{lang|ar|خلق}}) : Creation – the act of measuring; determining, estimating and calculating. Khalq is the noun form of the verb khalaqa (see bara, sawwara).
; Al-khāliq ({{lang|ar|الخالق}}): The Creator, Allah.
;[[Khamr]] ({{lang|ar|خمر}}): Intoxicant, wine.
;[[Khatib|{{Transliteration|sem|Khatīb}}]] ({{lang|ar|خطيب}}): the speaker at the Friday Muslim prayer, or Jumu'ah prayer.
; Khatm ({{lang|ar|ختم}}): to finish - refers to the complete recitation of the Qur'an.
;[[Kharaj|Kharāj]] ({{lang|ar|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.)
;khilāf ({{lang|ar|خلاف}}): Controversy, dispute, discord.
;[[Khilafah|Khilāfah]] ({{lang|ar|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 (environmental protection)|hima]] to protect other species (including those useful to man), and by resisting infidel domination over [[Muslim]] lands, in [[jihad]].
;[[Khilwa]], ({{lang|ar|خلوة}}) : An offense consisting of being caught alone in private with a member of the opposite sex who is not an immediate family member.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/1948897/Saudi-Arabia-Man-given-150-lashes-for-unchaperoned-meeting-with-woman.html|title=Saudi man given 150 lashes for unchaperoned meeting with woman|last=McElroy|first=Damien|date=2008-05-12|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-06-21|language=en}}</ref>
; [[Rashidun|al-khulafāʾ ar-rāshidūn]] ({{lang|ar|الراشدون}}) : four first caliphs, believed by most Muslims to be most righteous rulers in history
;[[Khimār]] ({{lang|ar|خمار}}) (pl. khumur ({{lang|ar|خُمُر}}) or ʾakhmirah ({{lang|ar|أخْمِرة}})) : headcovering (Q. 24:31).
;[[Khitan (circumcision)|Khitān]] ({{lang|ar|ختان}}) : Male circumcision.
;Khuluq ({{lang|ar|خُلُق}}) pl. ʾakhlāq ({{lang|ar|أخلاق}}) : ethics
; Khushūʿ ({{lang|ar|خشوع}}): humility, devotion, concentration (especially in prayer).
;[[Khutbah|{{Transliteration|sem|Khuṭbah}}]] ({{lang|ar|خطبة}}): the sermon at Jumu'ah prayer.
; Kibr ({{lang|ar|كِبْر}}) : pride, arrogance
; Kibar ({{lang|ar|كِبَر}}) : old age
; Kitāb ({{lang|ar|كتاب}}) : book; The Qurʾān is often referred to as "Al-Kitāb" (''The Book'').
;[[Kufr]] ({{lang|ar|كفر}}) : Unbelief, infidelity, blasphemy; also hubris. See [[Kafir]] and [[Kuffar]]
; Kufr al-ḥukm ({{lang|ar|الحكم}}) : Disbelief from judgment.
; Kufr al-ʿInād ({{lang|ar|العناد}}) : Disbelief out of stubbornness
; Kufr al-ʾInkār ({{lang|ar|الإنكار}}) : Disbelief out of arrogance and pride.
; Kufr al-ʾIstibdāl ({{lang|ar|الإستبدال}}) : Disbelief because of trying to substitute Allah's Laws.
; Kufr al-ʾIstiḥlāl ({{lang|ar|الإستحلال}}) : Disbelief out of trying to make HARAM into HALAL.
; Kufrul-Istihzaha : Disbelief due to mockery and derision
; Kufr al-jahl ({{lang|ar|الجهل}}): Disbelief from not being aware of or not understanding.
; Kufr al-juhud ({{lang|ar|الجهد}}): Disbelief from obstinacy after being presented with truth.
; Kufr an-Nifāq ({{lang|ar|النفاق}}): Disbelief out of hypocrisy.
; Kufr al-ʾIʿrāḍ ({{lang|ar|الإعراض}}) : Disbelief due to avoidance.
;[[Kun (Islamic term)|Kun]] ({{lang|ar|كن}}) : God's command to the universe, 'Be!' is sufficient to create it.