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