The People of Monotheism

The People of Monotheism may translate several Arabic terms:

Ahl al-Tawḥīd (Arabic: أهل التوحيد‎‎), a name the Druze use for themselves. Literally, "The People of the Unity" or "The Unitarians," from tawḥid, unity (of God).
al-Muwaḥḥidun (Arabic: الموحدون‎‎) is an Arabic term meaning "the monotheists." It has currency as:
- the Arabic name of the Almohads.
- a term that adherents of Salafism use to describe themselves.
- a term that the Druze use to describe themselves.^[1]
- a term that the ʿAlawīs use to describe themselves.^[2]
Ahl al-ʿAdl wa t-Tawḥīd, "The People of Justice and Monotheism," a term used by the Muʿtazilis to describe themselves.

References

↑ Friedman, Yaron (2010). The Nuṣayrī-ʿAlawīs. Leiden: Brill. p. 44. Both Nuṣayrīs and Druzes were Shīʿī sects deeply influenced by Neoplatonism and Gnosticism. Both called themselves muwaḥḥidūn, and considered the study of esoteric knowledge as the true path to monotheism.
↑ Friedman, Yaron (2010). The Nuṣayrī-ʿAlawīs. Leiden: Brill. p. 11. According to Nuṣayrī sources, the members of this group called themselves muwaḥḥidūn or ahl al-tawḥīd (monotheists), because they believed that only by combining exoteric (zāhir) and esoteric (bāṭin) knowledge, can complete monotheism be achieved.

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