KALĪSAH, KILĪSAH (كليسة). A Christian Church. Ἐκκλησία. The word is used in books of Muḥammadan law for both Christian and Jewish places of worship. The word kanīsah is also used. [[KANISAH].]
KĀMIL (كامل). “Perfect; complete.” Al-Insānu ʾl-Kāmil, “the perfect man.” A mystic term. [[INSANU ʾL-KAMIL].]
KĀMILĪYAH (كاملية). A sect of Shīʿah Muslims founded by Abū ʾl-Kāmil, who said the Aṣāḥīb, or Companions of the Prophet, were infidels, because they rejected the house of ʿAlī in forming the K͟halīfate, and he even called the K͟halīfah ʿAlī an infidel because he did not claim his rights when Muḥammad died. (Kitābu ʾt-Taʿrīfāt, in loco.)
KANʿĀN (كنعان). “Canaan.” Not mentioned by name in the Qurʾān. The Commentators al-Baiẓāwī and Jalālu ʾd-dīn, say he was the son of Noah; but the author of the Qāmūs dictionary says he was the son of Shem. (According to the Old Testament, he was the son of Ham, [Gen. x. 6]; [1 Chron. i. 8].)
He is said to be that son of Noah who was drowned, through unbelief, in the deluge. See Qurʾān, [Sūrah xi. 44]. [[NOAH].]
KANĪSAH (كنيسة). A Christian church, a Jewish synagogue, or a pagan temple. It is used in the Hidāyah (vol. ii. p. 219) for a synagogue. [[CHURCHES].]
AL-KANZU ʾL-MAK͟HFĪ (الكنز المخفى). Lit. “The Secret Treasure.” A term used by the Ṣūfīs for the essence and personality of God.
KĀRAWĀN (كاروان). Persian. “A caravan.” The Arabic term is Qāfilah. A party of merchants proceeding on a journey under the direction of a leader who is called a Qāfilah Bāshī.
KARBALĀʾ (كربلاء), or MASHHADU ʾL-ḤUSAIN. A city in al-ʿIrāq, celebrated as the scene of the martyrdom of al-Ḥusain [[AL-HUSAIN]] and the place of his sepulchre. It is fifty miles south-west of Bag͟hdād, and about six miles west of the Euphrates.
AL-KARĪM (الكريم). “The Generous One.” One of the ninety-nine attributes of God.