The Magians (Majus)
Nation of the Quran
The Magians (Majus)المجوس
The Quran gives no datePersepolis, Iran
The Majus are the Zoroastrians of Persia, named once in the Quran among the religions Allah will judge between on the Day of Resurrection (22:17). Their faith taught a struggle between good and evil and honoured fire as pure. It was the state religion of the Persian empires the Muslims met.
What does the Quran say?
Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with Allah - Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allah is, over all things, Witness.
Quran 22:17
How did they end?
Not ended: Zoroastrians still live in Iran and in India, where they are called Parsis. Under Muslim rule they paid the jizya and kept their worship.
What do historians say?
Fire temples such as Takht-e Soleyman and the royal tombs of Naqsh-e Rostam survive in Iran. Their scripture, the Avesta, was written down under the Sasanians, and the date of their prophet Zarathustra is unknown.
The lesson
The Quran names other faiths plainly and leaves the final judgement to Allah.
Who else is linked?
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Nations of the Quran
- People of Nuh
- Ad
- Thamud
- People of Lut
- Madyan
- Companions of the Thicket
- Companions of the Rass
- People of Tubba
- Saba (Sheba)
- Bani Israil
- People of Firaun
- People of Yunus
- The city of the Sleepers
- Companions of the Ditch
- Companions of the Elephant
- People of the Sabbath
- Yajuj and Majuj
- Quraysh
- Thaqif
- Hawazin
- Aws and Khazraj (the Ansar)
- The Romans (Rum)
- The Persians
- People of Ibrahim
- Jurhum
- People of Ilyas
- People of the Town (Ya-Sin)
- The Sabians
- The Magians (Majus)