Mu'tazili

comparative more Mu'tazili · superlative most Mu'tazili

1. historicalIslamOf 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

plural Mu'tazilis

1. historicalIslamA follower of Mu'tazili Islam.

   Synonyms: Mu'tazilite