Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who, before the appearance of Mohammed, was disinclined to idolatry and expectant of a new religion: especially applied to Abraham in the Koran; hence, also, one sincere in the faith of Islam.
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- noun Islam any person, from before the time of
Muhammad , who followed a non-pagan ,monotheistic religion
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The Qur'an celebrates Abraham as a hanif, a believer in one God and an inheritor of the prophetic legacy, a path also followed by Muhammad.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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The Qur'an celebrates Abraham as a hanif, a believer in one God and an inheritor of the prophetic legacy, a path also followed by Muhammad.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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We fight hard to make these buildings and now you must explain why. hanif
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I would just like to add that I was very moved by the comments above and would like to thank our Muslim guests for contributing to this debate with their knowledge and insight, it remind us that we are not so very different and all strife for a common good, and we must never lose sight of that fact, whatever happens. hanif
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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I would just like to add that I was very moved by the comments above and would like to thank our Muslim guests for contributing to this debate with their knowledge and insight, it remind us that we are not so very different and all strife for a common good, and we must never lose sight of that fact, whatever happens. hanif
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Only a minority, who were neither Christians nor Jews, were monotheists (hanif).
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Among the early friends and followers of the Prophet were Zaid, his adopted son, who was of Christian parentage, and many others, who, like the three famous hanif (which is translated by many as "hermits," "monks," etc.), abandoned Christianity for Islam.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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There is no doubt that the materials of Mohammed's creed were drawn from Jewish and Christian sources: _Abraham_ was the _hanif_, whose pure monotheism he claimed to re-assert; but the animating spirit was from within.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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This article is no more than elective, distorted reporting to condition the public to a particular point of view .... mass propaganda! hanif manjoo on August 20, 2010, 7: 59 pm
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