Arabic grammar
Singular and Plural Forms Arabic Word Transliteration Number & Gender Meaning كافر kāfir Singular masculine Disbeliever كافرة kāfirah Singular feminine Female disbeliever كافرون kāfirūn Plural masculine Disbelievers (masc.) كافرين kāfirīn Plural masculine (acc/gen) Disbelievers كوافر kawāfir Plural feminine (rare) Female disbelievers 🔹 Quranic Usage Examples: Singular: "وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ..." (Hud 11:44) — Though not this verse directly, the singular كافر appears in places like: Surah Al-Baqarah 2:161 : "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ..." — "Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers..." Plural: Surah Al-Kafirun (109:1): "قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ" — "Say, O disbelievers" — plural form used here. 🔸 Root of the Word: The word كافر comes from the root ك-ف-ر , which literally means "to cover" or "to conceal...