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Arabic root

ف-ر-ض

2 words from this root family

B2noun
فَرَضِيَّة
faraḍiyya

hypothesis

Example
أَثبَتَتِ التَّجرِبَةُ صِحَّةَ الفَرَضِيَّة.
athbatati t-tajribatu ṣiḥḥata l-faraḍiyya.
The experiment proved the hypothesis correct.
B1noun
فَرْضٌ
farḍ

obligation / religious duty

Example
سُورَةٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهَا وَفَرَضْنَاهَا
sūratun anzalnāhā wa-faraḍnāhā
A surah which We have sent down and made obligatory (24:1)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Verb: فَرَضَ (to make obligatory). Plural: فُرُوضٌ (obligations). In fiqh, denotes the highest level of obligation.

Culture

In Islamic jurisprudence, farḍ is the highest category of obligation — actions whose performance is rewarded and whose neglect is sinful.