Fidel

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Etymology

The triliteral root fā ḍād lām (ف ض ل), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 104 times.

Compare to «infidelity» - "rejecting a specific religion, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief".

In the Quran

(2:47) O Children of Israel, remember My blessings that I had blessed you with, and that I had fidelized you (Arab. فَضَّلْتُكُمْ, faḍḍaltukum) above The Cognizers!