Fajir

Arabic term for "wicked evil-doer" in Islam

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In the context of Islam, a faajir (Arabic: فاجر fājir; plural فجرة fajarah) is a "wicked evil-doer", i.e. a "sinner by action".[1] Compare kafir, a "sinner by disbelief in Allah".

The word appears in The Qur'an in Surah Abasa:

اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡكَفَرَةُ الۡفَجَرَةُ
"Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allâh, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, etc.), (and) the Fajarah (wicked evil doers)."

— Quran 80:42 [1]

References

  1. ^ see Abdul-Raof, Hussein (2010). Schools of Qur'anic exegesis : genesis and development Archived 28 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415449571. page 71

External links

  • "Fajir" in An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an.


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