'''Hanif''', (plural Hunafa'/Hunefa') meaning reformer Gnostic (inclined/converted/turned/reformed) refers to anyone who follows Abraham's [[Torah]]. The term was used to refer to the Jew friendly platonists, rationalists, and Heathen/Pagan Monotheists who 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.