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English
Etymology
From Arabic مُعْتَزِلِيّ (muʕtaziliyy).
Adjective
Mu'tazili (comparative more Mu'tazili, superlative most Mu'tazili)
- (Islam, historical) Of or relating to the Mu'tazila.
2002, Ira M. Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 89: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.
Translations
of or relating to the Mu'tazila
Noun
Mu'tazili (plural Mu'tazilis)
- (Islam, historical) A follower of Mu'tazili Islam.
Translations
follower of Mu'tazili Islam
Synonyms