Arabic-L:LING: "hanîf" query

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Muhammad Taufiq Prabowo <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>
Subject: "hanîf"query

[moderator's note: this message came with characters that are unreadable on
my machine.  I'm not sure how it's going to come out once I send it out
again.]

Dear partners, I would appreciate your help if someone can inform me about
the meaning of the Arabic word &ldqu;fhanîf&rdqu;f in Aramaic and in
Ethiopic. The contextual meaning of &ldqu;fhanîf&rdqu;f in the Koran is not
in correlation with its lexical meaning, and I suppose that the word is a
loanword (?). I search its meaning for a tolerant view on religious
relationships.

You can contact me through the following address:

Muhammad Taufiq PRABOWO
Arabic Section, Litteratures Dept. of Malang State University, Indonesia.
E.mail: <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>

Best wishes,

Muhammad T.P.

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