Identification
Hirmis
هرمس
Hermes Trismegistus
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Biographic comments
Also Hirmīs, Harmīs, Harmas, Harmūs. He is the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the basis of Hermeticism. The Jabirian corpus contains the oldest documented source for the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, translated by Jābir ibn Hayyān (Geber, a student of Ja'far al-Sadiq, Husayn ibn 'Ali's great grandson) for the Abbasid Caliph Hārūn al-Rašīd.Thus the writings of Hermes Trismegistus were considered sacred. These writings were recorded by the Iḫwān al-Ṣafā, and subsequently translated from Arabic into Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Russian, and English. In these writings, Hermes Trismegistus is identified as the prophet Idris.
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Bibliographical references
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, II Edition: III, 463b-465a on page III, 463b-465a
- The Arabic Hermes: From Pagan Sage to Prophet o... on page