Friday, September 2, 2016

Who are the Majus / Majoos / Magians mentioned in the Qur’an (and in the Bible)?

Who are the Majus / Majoos / Magians mentioned in the Qur’an (and in the Bible)?

22:17 Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians (wal-majusa) and those who associated with Allah - Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah is, over all things, Witness.

(According to the article “Magi” in wikipedia, “Magi denotes followers of Zoroastrianism or Zoroaster. The earliest known use of the word Magi is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the great, known as the Behistun Inscription. Old Persian texts, pre-dating the Hellenistic period, refer to a Magus as a Zurvanic, and presumably Zoroastrian, priest.”)(In regard to the Bible, according to the article “Biblical Magi” in wikipedia, “the Gospel of Matthew is the only one of the four canonical gospels that mentions the Magi. The word magi is the plural of Latin magus, borrowed from Greek magos, as used in the original Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew. Greek magos itself is derived from Old Persian magus from the Avestan magauno, i.e., the religious caste into which Zoroaster was born. The term refers to the Persian priestly caste of Zoroastrianism”)(Allah knows best)

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See also: Who are the Jinn?

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See also: Some English words of Arabic origin or similar to Arabic

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3 comments:

  1. Why are they often related to Rafidha sect in Shia group of sects?

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    1. People, who consider themselves "Muslims", are called "Rafidah" (rejecters) and "Majus" (Zoroastrian), in a derogatory way, by some other people who also consider themselves Muslims. My blog is in favor of unity of Muslims, we have to do so (6:159, 42:13), and if someone differ from you, there is freedom of religion in Islam (And Allah knows best)

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