Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 721
کفر كعب كَفَا the girl began to swell, meaning she had freshness and bloom of youth. كَعْبٌ : Ankle )57( اَلْكَعْبَةُ : Sacred House of God at Mecca towards which Muslim face while praying )598( كَوَاعِبُ is the plural of كَاعِبٌ which means, a youthful girl. كَعْبٌ also means nobility, glory; anything exalted or elevated. أَعْلَى اللَّهُ كَعْبَهُ : May God exalt his glory. لا يَزَالُ كَعْبُكِ عَالِيًّا : May thy glory continue to be exalted. ]aor. يَكْفَاً inf. noun كَافَأَهُ كَفَّاً : He was like him, equal to him; he watched him; he resisted or withstood him. كُفُوًا : Like; equal (112:5). كَفَتَ aor. يَكْفِتُ inf. noun كَفْتُ and كِفَاتٌ[ : He or it was quick or swift. كَفَتَ الطَّائِرُ : The bird was quick in flying and running and contracted itself therein. كَفَتَ الشَّيْءَ إِلَيْهَ : He drew the thing together to himself and contracted it, grasped it or took it كفَاتُ : A place in which a thing is drawn together or comprehended and collected or congregated. أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ كِفَاتًا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا : Have We not made the earth a place which comprehends the living and the dead (77:26;27). كَفَرَ aor. يَكْفُرُ inf. noun كَفَرَ الشَّيْءَ كُفْرًا : He veiled, covered the thing or he covered the thing as to destroy it. كَفَرَ مَتَاعَهُ فِي الْوِعَاءِ : He put his goods in a receptacle. كَفَرَ : He disbelieved. فَبُهِتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ : Thereupon the infidel was dumbfounded (2:259). This كُفْرٌ )disbelief) is contr. to إِيْمَانُ )belief( كَفَرَ بِاللهِ : He disbelieved in God, he denied God. كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُوْنَ بِاللهِ : How can you disbelieve in God )2:29( كَفَرَ بِكَذَا : He declared himself to be clear or quit of such a thing. إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَكْتُمُوْنِ : I am quit of your associating me as partner with God )14:23( كَفَرَ is generally كَفَرَ نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ أَوْ بِنِعْمَةِ . كُفْرَانٌ inf. noun يَكْفُرُ (aor) كَفَرَ بِ followed by الله : He disacknowledged the favour of God; he was ungrateful to God for His favour. This كُفْرٌ )ingratitude) is contr. to شُكْرٌ )thankfulness, gratitude( وَمَا يَفْعَلُوْا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ يُكْفَرُوْهُ : And whatever good they do, they shall not be denied its gratitude i. e. its reward by way of gratitude. كَفَرَ also signifies, he was remiss or fell short of his duty with respect to law and neglected gratitude 721