A disbeliever in Allah, or one who disobeys Him or joins others in worship with Him.
Kafir is a loaded word and means several things, including infidel or unbeliever. Literally the word means ungrateful, the ones who have not accepted the message of Mohammed. When Islamists use the word, they mean unbelievers or infidels - Christians, Jews and other non-Muslims.
Kafir signifies one who denies or rejects the truth, i.e. who disbelieves in the message of the Prophets. Since the advent of Muhammad (S.A.W.), anyone who rejects his Message is a kafir.
The one who disbelieves in Allah, His Messengers (may Allah's peace and blessing be upon all of them), His Angels, His revealed Books, the Day of Resurrection and in al-Qadar (Divine Preordainment). A rejector of Islam.
Disbeliever (Legal); The literal meaning disappeared with the advent of Islam. Many will not even recognize it if used in a literal context other than that defined by the religious law. Ibn Manzur has about 10 pages in his dictionary (Lisan al-Arab) explaining all the usages of this term. Relatred words: Kuffar, Kufr, Kafirun. In her Islam and Democracy: Fear of the Modern World, Mernissi points out for instance that, according to her own wording, 'the disturbing fact that,' in the language of the Arabs, the words for disbelief (Kufr) and intellect (Fikr) are anagrams. However, there is no linguistic proof to justify the derivation of one from the other. There are no connections between the two; this was her observation.
a person who opposes islam and acts againsts it when exposed to Islam and its teachings
Literally means "a disbeliever". In Islam it refers to one who rejects Allah and does not believe in Mu ammad allallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam as the final messenger of Allah.
Unbeliever, who have rejected the truth of Islam.
Literally means "to cover up the truth". It is used to refer to someone who is made aware of the Truth of Islam but refuses to worship Allah( SWT) or submit to the will of God.
infidel, apostate, atheist, one who does not believe in the existence of the Creator, one who deliberately covers the truth.
unbeliever; the one who covers Hakikat; in Old Arabic, a farmer was called kafir because he covered the seeds with earth