Mu'tazila
English
Alternative forms
- Mutazila, Mutazilah, Mu'tazilah
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْمُعْتَزِلَة (al-muʿtazila).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Mu'‧ta‧zi‧la
Proper noun
the Mu'tazila (historical, Islam)
- A denomination in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation.
- (collective) The followers of this branch in Islam; the Mu'tazilis, the Mu'tazilites.
Derived terms
- Mu'tazilism
- Mu'tazilite
Related terms
- Mu'tazili
Translations
denomination in Islam
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