English Explanatory Dictionary

Mihna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A religious inquisition launched by the caliph al-Ma'mun in the ninth century, which attempted to enforce the minority view that the Qur'an was a creation of God rather than being coeternal with God.

Word forms

Mihna

Etymology

From Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna, “trial, test, inquisition, catastrophe”).

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