چکیده:
The words Sabian and Sabians are mentioned three times in the Quran. Like other monotheistic religions, the Quran's attitude toward the Sabian faith is based on a tendency toward origin, return, and salvation in the hereafter; nevertheless, it can be seen that translators and commentators of the Quran have spoken about explaining the concept of this word and determining the religion of the followers of this faith with doubt and ambiguity, in an indirect and incomprehensible manner, and even some jurists have refrained from mentioning this group as being among the People of the Book. This article is a research study on the semantics of the word Sabian with an interpretive, jurisprudential, and historical approach, emphasizing the point that the use of this word underwent a transformation at a certain point in history, and this mixture in the attribution of the word has caused such a dispersion of opinions among translators and commentators of the Quran and some jurists. The method of this article is to explain the three relevant verses from the Quran, compare various Persian translations of this word, examine historical documents and the interpretive views of commentators and jurists, and present their perspectives.
خلاصه ماشینی:
" It is noteworthy that the order of revelation of these verses, based on the chronology of the revelation of the Quranic Surahs, is Surah Al-Hajj, then Al-Baqarah, and then Al-Ma'idah, each of which possesses the following characteristics: 1- In Surah Al-Hajj, which is a Meccan Surah, six groups are mentioned, which are respectively: believers, Jews, Sabians, Christians, Magians, and polytheists.
17 From the contemporary jurists, the wise Leader of the Revolution has also emphasized this view and says: "The intended meaning of the People of the Book is anyone who has belief in one of the divine religions, considers themselves a follower of one of the divine prophets, and accepts one of the divine books that was revealed to the prophets, such as: Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and also the Saabi'in, who according to our research are People of the Book and possess their ruling.
Based on certain linguistic clues and what Ibn al-Nadim mentioned in the book "Al-Fihrist," where he referred to this group by the name "Mughtasila,"28 Orientalists have considered the baptizing Mandaeans to be the same Saabi'in mentioned in the Quran; however, in no historical source or previous Muslim interpretation is there any indication of a group with this specific religion that was located in the Arabian Peninsula contemporary to the Prophet and could be the embodiment of the name Saabi'in.
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