Kalam (disambiguation)

Kalam or Ilm al-Kalam (lit. "science of discourse") is a term for methodic theology in Islam.

Kalam may also refer to:

Philosophy

 * Kalam cosmological argument, a cosmological argument for the existence of God rooted in the Ilm al-Kalam heritage
 * Jewish Kalam, an early medieval style of Jewish philosophy that evolved in response to the Islamic Kalam, which in turn was a reaction against Aristotelian philosophy

Languages

 * Kalam languages, a small family of languages spoken in New Guinea
 * Kalam language, one of the Kalam languages spoken in New Guinea

Places

 * Kalam (union council), an administrative unit in Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 * Kalam Valley, a valley along the upper reaches of the Swat River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
 * Kalam, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
 * Kalam, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
 * Kolm-e Bala, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
 * Kolm-e Pain, a village in Ilam Province, Iran

People

 * Kalam Bey (died 1307), first ruler of Karasids Emirate
 * Kalam Mooniaruck (born 1983), English-born Mauritian footballer
 * A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015), an Indian scientist and former President of India
 * Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958), an Indian scholar and senior political leader of the Indian independence movement
 * Murad Kalam, American Muslim writer
 * Shahrom Kalam (born 1985), Malaysian footballer
 * Tõnu Kalam, American orchestral pianist and conductor
 * Mir Kalam (born 1990), Pakistani-Pashtun politician