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Idris ( Arabic: إدريس, romanized : ʾIdrīs) is an ancient prophet mentioned in the Quran, who Muslims believe was the third prophet after Seth. [1] [2] He is the second prophet mentioned in the Quran. Islamic tradition has unanimously identified Idris with the biblical Enoch.
Zoroaster, [a] also known as Zarathustra, [b] was a religious reformer and the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. In the second millennium BC he founded the first documented monotheistic religion in the world and also had an impact on Heraclitus, Plato, Pythagoras, and the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Mani (name), (Persian: مانی ), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) Mani (prophet) (c. 216 – 274), an Iranian prophet. Mani (musician) (born 1962), an English rock musician. Mani (actor) (born 1975), Pakistani film and television actor and host. Mani people, a Negrito ethnic group from Thailand.
The Kingdom of Aksum ( Ge'ez: አክሱም, romanized: ʾÄksum; Sabaean: 𐩱𐩫𐩪𐩣, ʾkšm; Ancient Greek: Ἀξωμίτης, romanized : Aksōmítēs) also known as the Kingdom of Axum, or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages. Based in what is now northern ...
The Epistles (Manichaeism) The Epistles is one of the Seven Treatises of Manichaeism. It is derived from the Middle Ancient Persian dēwān, which means "Letter Collection". [1] They have been long known among Manichaean scriptures [2] They were originally written during the years of Mani’s public mission in the Sasanian Empire (ca. 240-276 C ...
Mani’s prenatal, spiritual existence is indeed to be assumed when the prophet explains to his father Pattikios that he only begot Mani’s body; “another one, however, came to dwell in it” (CMC, p. 155; ed. Koenen and Römer, 1988, pp. 82-83; a further interpretation of Mani’s “body” in the Cologne Mani Codex as being his church has ...
The Book of Mysteries, also known as The Book of Secrets ( Greek Transliteration: Ta tōn mustērion; Coptic transliteration: Pjōme nmmusterion; Arabic transliteration: Sifr al-asrar [1] ), is one of the Seven Scriptures of Manichaeism. This scripture is transliterated in Chinese as "阿罗瓒部" (Āluózànbù) in Yilue, transliterated from ...
