Fard

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 195 words | Copyright

Fard (Arab., ‘alone’). One who, in Islam, is filled with the realization of truth and illumination on his own—i.e. without belonging to a community or Sūfī order.

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