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Abstract:
This article solves two problems that have long puzzled Islamicists: (1) How can the conflicting identifications of Sabians be explained? and (2) What was the Qur'an's original identification of the Sabians?
Notes:
Page 174, note 61 mentions Bahá'u'lláh's identification of the Sabians as followers of John the Baptist. Alternate spellings (keywords): Sábi'ún, Sábi'úns, Sabiuns, Sabi'uns, Sabaean, Sabaeans,

The Identity of the Sabi'un:

An Historical Quest

Christopher Buck

published in The Moslem World

74.3–4, p. 172–186

1984-07

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DOI 10.1111/j.1478-1913.1984.tb03453.x
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