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Etymology
From Malay muktazilah, from Classical Malay معتزلة, from Arabic الْمُعْتَزِلَة (al-muʕtazila, “the isolating one, Mu'tazila”), from اِعْتَزَلَ (iʕtazala, “to isolate oneself, to disassociate”)
Pronunciation
Noun
muktazilah
- (Islam, literally) those who isolate themselves
- (Islam) the group of people who separated themselves from the group of Muawiya and the group of Hasan (see the First Fitna)
- (Islam) the group of people who separated themselves from the teachings of Hasan al-Basri, pioneered by Wasil ibn Ata
- (Islam) the Mu'tazila (A denomination in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation).
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