Conspired with Muḥammad’s arch-enemy, Abú-Ṣufyán, to compass Muḥammad’s death.
A-Z : Ka‘b-ibn-i-Ashraf
The Kaaba; literally “cube”. The holiest Muslim site.
The cube-like building in the centre of the mosque at Mecca, which contains the sacred Black Stone.
According to tradition, it was originally built by Adam and reconstructed after the great Flood by Abraham and Ishmael.
The word can, and often is, used to mean “goal”.
See also : Baṭḥá.
A-Z : Ka‘bah | Ka‘bih | Kaaba
Kaaba
See Ka‘bih
Kabír, Ámir
See Ámir Kabír
Chief of a ward or parish in a town; headman of a village.
An important collection of Shí‘íh traditions. Jábir is the authority for the quotation given in the Kitáb-i-Íqán, page 226.
“Mayor.”
“One who discourses.”
One of the Turkish dignitaries at the Court of Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz.
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Mother Temple of Africa
Architect: Charles Mason Remey
In January 1958 the corner stone was laid. The ceremony included the attendance of Hands of the Cause of God Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum and Músá Banání, who brought some soil from the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh and from the Fortress of Maku. The dedication of the House of Worship was on January 13, 1961.
See also : Mashriqu’l-Adhkár.
Karbilá
See Karbalá’
A city about 55 miles southwest of Baghdád on the Euphrates River.
A-Z : Karbilá
Literally “honorable”. Also “All-Bountiful”.
A-Z : Karím
Kasab, Mathew
See Mathew Kasab
Literally “plentiful, abundant, sweet (potion)”.
A river of Paradise from which all the others are said to flow. Part of its waters are led into a great lake on the shores of which the souls of the faithful rest when they have crossed the terrible bridge which is laid over the midst of Hell.
A-Z : Kawthar
Káẓim
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1876 — 23 October 1933
A distinguished American Bahá’í who traveled to Persia to represent the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada with a petition requesting the removal of a ban on the entry and circulation of Bahá’í literature.
She died in Iṣfahán on 23 October 1933. She is believed to have been the Bahá’í Faith’s first American martyr.
For a brief account of her life and service to the Faith, see The Bahá’í World 5: 389-94; for a photograph of her grave, see The Bahá’í World 7: 68.
Second wife of Abraham after death of Sarah
“Prince,” “lord,” “nobleman,” “chieftain.”
See also : Big.
Khán, Ḥájí Mírzá Karím
The name of a famous oasis, and of its principal settlement, near Medina, where signficant events in the ministry of Muḥammad took place.
A-Z : Khaybar
Khayru’lláh, Ibráhím
Khurásání, Abu’l-Qásim
Sermon of the Gulf
Title of a sermon delivered by Imám ‘Alí.
A title of Bahá’u’lláh.
King of Martyrs
Kitáb-i-‘Ahd
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The
Kitáb-i-Íqán, The
See The Kitáb-i-Íqán
The title given by Shoghi Effendi to Bahá’ís who settled in the goal countries enumerated at the outset of the Ten Year World Crusade as having no Bahá’ís living in them. All those who settled in such territories during the Holy Year October 1952 — October 1953 and, thereafter, the first to settle in the remaining territories were designated Knights of Bahá’u’lláh.
The names of the Knights of Bahá’u’lláh are inscribed on a scroll that was laid beneath the floor inside the entrance door of the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh in May 1992 during the Holy Year commemorating the centenary of Bahá’u’lláh’s ascension.
Koran
See Qur’án
Kúfah
A city that once lay on the west bank of the Euphrates River and has now entirely disappeared. It was an important Muslim seat of learning.
Capital city of the Shí‘íh Imamate. The Imám ‘Alí made it the centre of his operations, and was murdered in its mosque.
A-Z : Kúfih
The Persian lambskin hat worn by government employees and civilians.
A-Z : Kumayl