Majūs () or Magūs () is a term that originally referred to the Magi, the Zoroastrian priestly caste of ancient Persia. In Arabic usage, it was soon generalized to denote all Zoroastrians. The term was borrowed into Arabic via from the . The same Old Persian root was independently borrowed into Ancient Greek as mágoi (μάγοι), the term that appears in the Gospel of Matthew.
Majūs () or Magūs () is a term that originally referred to the Magi, the Zoroastrian priestly caste of ancient Persia. In Arabic usage, it was soon generalized to denote all Zoroastrians. The term was borrowed into Arabic via from the . The same Old Persian root was independently borrowed into Ancient Greek as mágoi (μάγοι), the term that appears in the Gospel of Matthew.
In early Islamic texts, Majūs was a technical term that initially had no pejorative implications. In the Quran, verse 22:17 lists "the Magians" (al-majūs) alongside Jews, Christians, and Sabians as a distinct religious community that will be subject to God's judgment. Some Islamic scholars have held the theological position that pre-Islamic Arabs were closer to the Abrahamic tradition than the Majūs, whose dualistic theology was seen as fundamentally different. The term was also used in a polemical context by writers such as ibn al-Jawzi, who framed Zoroastrian beliefs as deviations from an Islamic perspective.
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