Mihna

English

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧مِحْنَة⁩ (miḥna, “catastrophe”).

Proper noun

Mihna

  1. (historical) 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.

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