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Mu'tazila

Syllables: Mu'·ta·zi·la

Mu'tazila proper noun: a theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created.

Proper noun

the Mu'tazila

  1. (historical) A theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created.

Noun

Mu'tazila pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) The followers of this branch of Islam.

Mu'tazila meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Pashto and Arabic

Mu'tazila in Hindi

theological school in Islam
मुताज़िला mutāzilā, मुताजिला mutājilā

Mu'tazila in Urdu

theological school in Islam
معتزلہ mu'tazila

Mu'tazila in Pashto

theological school in Islam
معتزله

Mu'tazila in Arabic

theological school in Islam
مُعْتَزِلَة muʕtazila
More languagesFewer languages
Mu'tazila in Indonesian
muktazilah
Mu'tazila in Persian
معتزله mo'tazele

Forms of Mu'tazila

alternative formMutazila
alternative formMutazilah
alternative formMu'tazilah

Origin of Mu'tazila

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila).

Words formed from Mu'tazila

Questions about Mu'tazila

What does Mu'tazila mean?
Mu'tazila means a theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created.
What is Mu'tazila in Hindi?
Mu'tazila in Hindi is मुताज़िला (mutāzilā), मुताजिला (mutājilā). See Mu'tazila meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mu'tazila?
Mu'tazila can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Mu'tazila in the dictionary

  1. mu'min
  2. Mu'minid
  3. Mu'minids
  4. mu'mins
  5. mu's
  6. Mu'tazila
  7. Mu'tazili
  8. Mu'tazilis
  9. Mu'tazilism
  10. Mu'tazilite
  11. Mu'tazilites

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