English Explanatory Dictionary

Mu'tazila

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created.
noun
  1. The followers of this branch of Islam.

Word forms

Mu'tazila the Mu'tazila Mutazila Mutazilah Mu'tazilah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila).

Related words

Mu'tazili

Derived words

Mu'tazilism Mu'tazilite
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