Kashif

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Kashif (disambiguation).

Kashif (also spelled Kaashif, Kaşif, or Kashef, Template:Lang-ar) is an Arabic word, commonly used as a male given name in the Muslim world. Its meaning is close to the English words "revealer", "discoverer", "uncoverer" or "pioneer".

When used by Muslims, it is done so in the context of its Qur'anic usage referring to God as "the One who reveals." When applied to an individual, it means that the person has the quality of spiritual vision. The truth is obvious to them while hidden to others. For example, in the Qur'an (Surah Al-Sajdah Chapter 32 : Verse 13), God refers to a people who have just died and suddenly see the error of their ways and the purpose of life which previously eluded them. After this realization, they ask God to send them back, as they now believe and want to do good works. Those who are "Kashif" have that understanding before death.

Given name

• Kashif (musician) (1956–2016), American musician and singer
• Kashif Abbasi (born 1974), Pakistani journalist
• Kashif Ahmed (born 1975), Pakistani and United Arab Emirates cricketer
• Kashif Bhatti (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
• Kashif Butt (born 1985), Pakistani poet
• Kashif Daud (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
• Kashif Ibrahim (born 1977), Pakistani cricketer
• Kashif Jawad (born 1981), Pakistani field hockey player
• Kashif Khan (born 1977), Pakistani stage and TV actor
• Kashif Mehmood, Pakistani film actor
• Kashif Naved (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
• Kashif Nisar, Pakistani television director and screenwriter
• Kashif Raza (born 1979), Pakistani cricketer
• Kashif Shafi (born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
• Kashif Shah (born 1993), Pakistani field hockey player
• Kashif Sharif, Kuwaiti cricketer
• Kashif Shuja (born 1979), Pakistani-born New Zealand squash player
• Kashif Siddiq (born 1981), Pakistani cricketer
• Kashif Siddiqi (born 1986), English-born Pakistani footballer

Surname

• Hameed Kashif (born 1977), American basketball player
• Ibrahim al Kashif, Sudanese singer popular 1940-1956
• Mohammad Kashif (Bahawalpur cricketer) (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Kashif (cricketer, born 1975), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Kashif (cricketer, born 1976), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Kashif (cricketer, born 1990), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Kashif (Dutch cricketer) (born 1984), Dutch cricketer from Punjab
• Mohammad Kashif (FATA cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Kashif (Islamabad cricketer) (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer
• Tolga Kashif (born 1962), Turkish-Cypriot composer from London