Muʿtazilite theology

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Muʿtazilite theology is a rationalist school of early Islamic thought that emphasized divine justice, human free will, and the createdness of the Qur’an.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theological school ⓘ
kalam tradition ⓘ
rationalist theology ⓘ
associatedWithConcept al-amr bi-l-maʿruf wa-n-nahy ʿan al-munkar ⓘ
linked to: Da'wah

al-manzila bayna al-manzilatayn (intermediate position) ⓘ
al-tawḥid (divine unity) ⓘ
al-waʿd wa-l-waʿid (promise and threat) ⓘ
al-ʿadl (divine justice) ⓘ
contrastsWith Ashʿarite theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari

traditionalist Sunni theology ⓘ
coreDoctrine createdness of the Qurʾan ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
divine unity ⓘ
human free will ⓘ
intermediate position of the grave sinner ⓘ
promise and threat doctrine ⓘ
rational obligation to know God ⓘ
declinedAfterCentury 10th century ⓘ
emergedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion Basra ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
emphasizes incompatibility of divine injustice with God’s nature ⓘ
moral responsibility of humans ⓘ
use of reason in theology ⓘ
historicalFigureAssociated Abū al-Hudhayl al-ʿAllāf ⓘ
Wāṣil ibn ʿAṭāʾ ⓘ
al-Jāḥiẓ ⓘ
linked to: Al-Jahiz

al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār ⓘ
ʿAmr ibn ʿUbayd ⓘ
influenced Islamic philosophical theology ⓘ
linked to: Islamic philosophy

Zaydi Shia theology ⓘ
linked to: Zaydi kalam

some Imami Shia theologians ⓘ
language Arabic terminology ⓘ
method dialectical reasoning (kalam) ⓘ
rational interpretation of scripture ⓘ
modernReception studied as early Islamic rationalism ⓘ
opposedBy Ashʿarite theologians ⓘ
Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
religiousTraditionOf Islam ⓘ
supportedBy some Abbasid caliphs ⓘ
teaches God must act justly ⓘ
Qurʾan is created in time ⓘ
linked to: Quran

good and evil are knowable by reason ⓘ
humans create their own acts ⓘ
textualSourcesInclude works of al-Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Jabbār ⓘ
viewOnAttributesOfGod divine attributes are not distinct entities from God’s essence ⓘ
viewOnEschatology denies beatific vision of God in the hereafter ⓘ
viewOnSin grave sinner is neither believer nor unbeliever ⓘ
wasOfficialDoctrineDuring Miḥna (inquisition) ⓘ
linked to: Mihna (inquisition)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mihna → hasCause → Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ
subject linked to: Mihna (inquisition)
Mihna → ideologyPromoted → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
subject linked to: Mihna (inquisition)
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Zaydi Shia → influencedBy → Mu‘tazilite theology ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Islamic kalam → hasMajorSchool → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Athari creed → contrastedWith → Muʿtazili theology ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari → opposedTo → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Sunni theology → distinguishesFrom → Mu‘tazili theology ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
al-Wathiq → doctrineSupported → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Mihna → ideology → Mu'tazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Zaydi fiqh → hasTheologicalAffinityWith → Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ
Al-Jahiz → movement → Mu'tazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Māturīdism → contrastedWith → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Zaydi kalam → influencedBy → Muʿtazilite kalam ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Zaydi kalam → sharesDoctrinalFeaturesWith → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Atharism → contrastsWith → Mu'tazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla → theologicalSchoolDiscussed → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
al-Kashshāf → denominationalOrientation → Muʿtazilī ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
al-Kashshāf → usedBy → Muʿtazilī scholars ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Kashshāf by al-Zamakhsharī
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb → engagesWith → Muʿtazilī theology ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
al-Ibāna al-kubrā → rejects → Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ
Dar Ta‘arud al-‘Aql wa al-Naql → criticizes → Mu‘tazili theology ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology
Miḥna → associatedSchool → Muʿtazilism ⓘ
linked to: Muʿtazilite theology