'''Hanif''', (plural Hunafa'/Hunefa') meaning reformer (inclined/converted/turned) refers to anyone who follows the Abraham's [[Torah clergy of Abraham]]. The term was used to refer to the Jew friendly platonists, rationalists, and Heathen/Pagan Monotheistswho practised [[Henosis|Hanputa]], up until the time of Thabit ibn Qurra. Dante extended this religion of "The Ancient Just" to include Salahudin. The Arabic word "Hanif " occurs in its original Aramaic form as "Hanpa " in the Peshitta
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Syriac Etymological Dictionary, though generally translated, sloppily, as simply "apostasy" because of similarities in etymology. The agent ܚܢܦܐ "Hanpa" occurs in the Peshitta e.g. 1 Corinthians 10:27 in the sense that it can not mean apostate. Obviously the meaning has been twisted -perceivably as Hanputa presented an alternative monotheism to the version provided by the Church, a Hanpa representing a rival priesthood which would have to be discredited.
