“And He it is who hath outstretched the earth, and placed on it the firm mountains, and rivers: and of every fruit He hath placed on it two kinds: He causeth the night to enshroud the day. Verily in this are signs for those who reflect.
“And on the earth hard by each other are its various portions: gardens of grapes and corn, and palm trees single or clustered. Though watered by the same water, yet some make we more excellent as food than other: Verily in all this are signs for those who understand.”
FUGITIVES. (1) A fugitive slave, either male or female, is called ābiq (آبق). The capture of a fugitive slave is a laudable act, and the captor is entitled to a reward of forty dirhams. (2) A fugitive on account of religion is called muhājir (مهاجر). Special blessings are promised to those who flee their country on account of their being Muslims.
[Sūrah iv. 101]: “Whosoever flees in the way of God shall find in the earth a spacious refuge.”
[Sūrah xxii. 57]: “Those who flee in God’s way and then are slain or die, God will provide them with a godly provision.” [[SLAVES], [MUHAJIR].]
FULS (فلس). An idol (or an idol temple), belonging to the Banī T̤aiy, a tribe divided between the profession of idolatry and Christianity. Destroyed by ʿAlī by order of Muḥammad, A.H. 630. (Muir, vol. iv. p. 177.)
FUNERAL. Arabic janāzah (جنازه). [[BURIAL].]
FURĀT (فــرات). The river Euphrates, said to be one of the rivers of Eden. [[EDEN].]
AL-FURQĀN (الفرقان). (1) The title of the XXVth Sūrah of the Qurʾān. (2) One of the titles of the Qurʾān ([Sūrah ii. 181]; [iii. 2]; [xxv. 1]). (3) The title given to the Taurāt revealed to Moses ([Sūrah ii. 50]; [xxi. 49]). (4) The victory on the day of the battle of Badr ([Sūrah viii. 42]). (5) A term used by Ṣūfī mystics for a distinguishing between truth and error.