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Mu'tazili

Mu'tazili adjective: of or relating to the Mu'tazila.

Adjective

Mu'tazili (comparative more Mu'tazili, superlative most Mu'tazili)

  1. (historical) Of or relating to the Mu'tazila.
    • They rejected the Mu'tazili notion of the createdness of the Quran, affirmed the contrary – its uncreatedness – and made this a fundamental tenet of faith, as a way of asserting the superiority of the Quran to all human reasoning and knowledge.2002, Ira M. Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 89

Noun

Mu'tazili (plural Mu'tazilis)

  1. (historical) A follower of Mu'tazili Islam.
    Synonyms:
    Mu'tazilite

Mu'tazili meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Persian

Mu'tazili in Hindi

of or relating to the Mu'tazila
मुताजिली mutājilī, मुताज़िली mutāzilī
follower of Mu'tazili Islam
मुताजिली mutājilī, मुताज़िली mutāzilī

Mu'tazili in Urdu

of or relating to the Mu'tazila
معتزلی mu'tazilī
follower of Mu'tazili Islam
معتزلی mu'tazilī

Mu'tazili in Arabic

of or relating to the Mu'tazila
مُعْتَزِلِيّ muʕtaziliyy
follower of Mu'tazili Islam
مُعْتَزِلِيّ muʕtaziliyy, مُعْتَزِلِيَّة muʕtaziliyya

Mu'tazili in Persian

of or relating to the Mu'tazila
معتزلی mo'tazeli
follower of Mu'tazili Islam
معتزلی mo'tazeli

Synonyms of Mu'tazili

Forms of Mu'tazili

Adjective
comparativemore Mu'tazili
superlativemost Mu'tazili
Noun
pluralMu'tazilis

Origin of Mu'tazili

From Arabic مُعْتَزِلِيّ (muʕtaziliyy).

Questions about Mu'tazili

What does Mu'tazili mean?
Mu'tazili means of or relating to the Mu'tazila.
What is Mu'tazili in Hindi?
Mu'tazili in Hindi is मुताजिली (mutājilī), मुताज़िली (mutāzilī). See Mu'tazili meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mu'tazili?
Mu'tazili can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Mu'tazili in the dictionary

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

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