Mu'tazila

English

Alternative forms

  • Mutazila, Mutazilah, Mu'tazilah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْمُعْتَزِلَة (al-muʕtazila).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Mu'‧ta‧zi‧la

Proper noun

the Mu'tazila (historical, Islam)

  1. A denomination in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation.
  2. (collective) The followers of this branch in Islam; the Mu'tazilis, the Mu'tazilites.

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