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For an easy-reading summary of references to Hanputa in Arabic traditions please see | For an easy-reading summary of references to Hanputa in Arabic traditions please see |
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Hanputa, meaning re-orientation/reconcilliation/turning-back-towards
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divinity, is corrected (Noachified) indigenous religion or spirituality, like for example Hermeticism
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the religion of The Ancient Just
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Church fathers looked down upon Hanputa because it represented non-Jewish non-Christian monotheistic competition. However, Pre-tribulation Christian Theologians have considered that 2Thess 2:3 refers to the necessity of Hanputa
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Julian the Hanif
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and many Tsabi'un in the time of Abul Kazim followed Hanputa (though many were polytheists
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hence, when Abul Kazim said "not a divinity but the divine" Abu Lahab called him a Tsabi. The Quran, therefore, makes it clear that only those Sabi'un who follow Hanputa will be saved
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Maimonides seems to use the term Tsabi to refer only to those who did not follow Hanputa
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For those who did follow Hanputa he created the term Chochmei Umot Ha Olam
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The Torah equivalent of Tsabi'un who follow Hanputa are called Hatoshavim
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while in Greek records they are called Sebeis or Sebomenoi
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Although Mani was an apostate from Hanputa, his commentators still called him Hanif even after he left it behind
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and their usage of the term was intended to be degoratory.
For an easy-reading summary of references to Hanputa in Arabic traditions please see http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/kasem/quran_origin2.htm