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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for

Abdal

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"Substitutes, pl. of Badal. Certain persons by whom, it is said, God continues the world in existence. Their number is seventy, of whom forty reside in Syria, and thirty elsewhere. When one dies another takes his place, being soappointed by God. It is one of the signs ofthe last day that the Abdal will come fromSyria. (Mishkat xxiii c. 3.) No one pretends to be able to identify these eminentpersons in the world. God alone knows whothey are and where they are.

citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes

 

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12





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