Hanputa
Hanputa, meaning re-orientation/reconcilliation/turning-back-towards [1] divinity, is corrected (Noachified) indigenous religion or spirituality, like for example Hermeticism [2], the religion of The Ancient Just [3]. 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 [4]. Julian the Hanif [5] and many Tsabi'un in the time of Abul Kazim followed Hanputa (though many were polytheists [6]), 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 [7]. Maimonides seems to use the term Tsabi to refer only to those who did not follow Hanputa [8]. For those who did follow Hanputa he created the term Chochmei Umot Ha Olam [9]. The Torah equivalent of Tsabi'un who follow Hanputa are called Hatoshavim [10], while in Greek records they are called Sebeis or Sebomenoi [11]. Although Mani was an apostate from Hanputa, his commentators still called him Hanif even after he left it behind [12], 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