KITĀBĪYAH (كتابية). Fem. of Kitābī. A female of the Ahlu ʾl-Kitāb, or those who possess an inspired book, Jews or Christians.
KITĀBU ʾL-AʿMĀL (كتاب الاعمال). [[SAHIFATU ʾL-AʿMAL].]
AL-KITĀBU ʾL-ḤUKMĪ (الكتاب الحكمى). A letter transmissible from one Qāẓī to another when the defendant in a suit resides at a distance. Such letter must be a transcript of real evidence.
AL-KITĀBU ʾL-MUBĪN (الكتاب المبين). Lit. “The Manifest or clear book.” The term is used in the Qurʾān both for the Tablet of Decrees (Lauḥu ʾl-Maḥfūz̤), and for the Qurʾān itself.
[Sūrah vi. 59]: “No leaf falleth but He knoweth it; neither is there a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor a green thing or sere, but it is noted in the clear book.”
[Sūrah iv. 18]: “Now hath a light and a clear book come to you from God.”
KITMĀN (كتمان). “Concealing; keeping secret.” The injunction of the Qurʾān is: “Hide not the truth while ye know it”; and yet the art of concealing profane religious beliefs has been a special characteristic of the Eastern mystics.
KNEELING. The attitude of kneeling amongst Muḥammadans consists of placing the two knees on the ground and sitting on the feet behind. Kneeling as practised by Christians in the present day, does not exist amongst Muslims as an attitude of worship.
The word jās̤ī, which occurs in the Qurʾān, [Sūrah xlv. 27]: “And thou shalt see each nation kneeling (jās̤iyatan), each nation summoned to the book,” expresses an attitude of fear and not of worship.
KNOWLEDGE. [[ʿILM].]