The Language of the Future
Sufi Terminology
by Murshid F.A. Ali ElSenossi

al-budala
Substitute

(Abdal). The Exchanged Ones or Substitutes. Within the Sufi hierarchy there are seven called al Budala. The Exchanged One (abdal) is one who has journeyed from a place having left a body in such shape that no one knows he is missing.