MONI Zindiq ibni Hummad (225, Madoin, Eron — 276, Gundishopur), asosguzori monaviya. Moni okhiri solhoi 30 asri 3 ba Movarounnahr, Hinduston safar karda, bo talimoti buddoiya, barahmaniya va zardushtiya shinos meshavad.
Moni dar Madoin soli 242 ba tartibi talimoti dini khud shuru kard. In talimotro shodi Eron Shopuri I maqul donist. Badi in talimoti Moni vusat yoft. Moni talimoti khudro ba masehiyat, inchunin dinhoi mahalli muqobil guzosht. Talimoti Moni kharakteri dualisti doshta, unsurhoi zardushtiya va masehiyatro dar bar giriftaast. Ba aqidai u dar olam du mabdai barobarquvvai ba ham zid — ravshani (nur) va zulmot vujud dorad. Ravshani, ba aqidai Moni, dar asorati zulmot meboshad. Moni baroi az asorati zulmot ozod namudani ravshani ba muboriza davat nakarda, gushanishiniro targib menamud.
Moni az tarafi kohinoni zardushti sakht taqib shud va u az Eron gurekht. Soli 273 ba Madoin bargasht. Kohinon uro ba bidat aybdor karda, dar Gundishopur habs va bad qat namudand. Ba qalami Moni qarib 7 asari diniyu akhloqi (az jumla «Shopurakana»)-ro nisbat modidand, vale onho to zamoni mo narasidaand.
A. Sodiqov.