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Muʿtazilah: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Muʿtazilites • Muʿtazilī

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al-Maʾmūn
ʿAbbāsid caliph
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Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
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Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī
Muslim theologian
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Abu al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī
Persian scholar
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Wāṣil ibn ʿAṭāʾ
Muslim theologian
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Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad al-Māturīdī
Muslim theologian