Mihna
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna, “catastrophe”).
Proper noun
[edit]Mihna
- (historical) 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.