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


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