Discover the meaning of the term Khwn (خون) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readKhana someone: to accuse him of treachery, impute treachery to him. Khana the thing: to diminish it; one says: khana of it. Al-kha'in: one who betrays the trusts in his hands. According to the Ibadis: one who enters (a place) with permission and then steals goods treacherously. Al-kha'inah: a noun meaning treachery. In the Noble Quran: 'He knows the treachery of the eyes and what the breasts conceal' (Ghafir, 19). It has been said: the furtive glance with a hidden signal; it has been said: the second look, deliberate. Ibn 'Abbas said: it is the man who looks at the beautiful woman passing by him or entering a house in which she is; as soon as he notices that he has been caught, he lowers his gaze, while Allah, the Most High, knows that he would love to look upon her private parts, and that were he able he would dishonour her. Al-khiwan: the sideboard on which one eats, an Arabized word (plural: akhunah). Al-khiyanah: to deny the entrusted deposit. In sale, according to the Shafi'is: deception (tadlis) concerning the thing sold itself, its quality, or an external matter.