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- Arabic · borrowed fromمِحْنَة“trial, test, inquisition, catastrophe”
- English todayMihna
From Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna, “trial, test, inquisition, catastrophe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mihna
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Arabic مِحْنَة