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Hanif

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Quranic description of Abraham linked to submission and rejection of association.

Modern summary of passages about heavenly beings and Abraham, not depictions or an independent Abrahamic biography. Roles and surviving names do not establish a particular ancient god’s conversion into an angel. [9][10][11][27][23]
Modern summary of passages about heavenly beings and Abraham, not depictions or an independent Abrahamic biography. Roles and surviving names do not establish a particular ancient god’s conversion into an angel. [9][10][11][27][23]IL Archive · original diagram · CC BYImage source

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QuranQuranCentral text of Islam, used here as evidence of its religious discourse.Glossary · Click to read the explanation 3:67 describes Abraham as hanif, submitting, neither Jewish nor Christian. His place in the dispute belongs to the text’s construction of Abrahamic authority. [1]

The verse alone establishes neither a uniform pre-Islamic hanif institution nor historical Abraham’s religious practices. This entry does not settle contested etymology or confuse verse language with later institutional identity.

References and notes

  1. Qurʾān 3:67; displayed text, Quran.com / Quranic Arabic Corpus. Verse/context: Abraham hanif and submitting; Quranic definition, not independent ethnography of his historical religion. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Hanif», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/hanif