Abstract
Mutazilism was the first school in Muslim theology. According
to the Muslim calendar this school of thought was founded by Wasil ibn Ata
in the end of the first or in the beginning of the second century in Bsra-a
famous city of Iraq. The basic aim of a theologian is the affirmation, or
defense, of the fundamentals of religion on the basis of religious manuscript,
divine text, or Scripture only. But the Mutazilites started to use reason along
with the sacred text to prove their stance. Use of reason along with
revelation is the prominent feature of this school of thought. They tried to
comprehend and interpret religious doctrines on rational grounds. They put
their emphasis on reason along with divine text. It was the first theological
movement based on reason along with revelation raised up on the horizon of
the Muslim thought. We may say it a rational movement in the theological
domain of the Muslim world. In the reaction of this movement and in the
perspective of some specific political scenario another theological
movement emerged on the horizon of Muslim world under the name
Asharism. Its emphasis was on tradition rather than reason. Asharism took
the way in Muslim world instead of Mutazilism. In nineteenth and twentieth
centuries some renowned Muslim thinkers and reformers of Subcontinent
adopted Mutazilism with some new interpretations. This article is an
exposition of above said movement and its impacts on Subcontinent in
modern era
Ali Raza Tahir. (2015) MUTAZILISM AND IT’S IMPACT ON SUBCONTINENT , Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 35, Issue 01.
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