The Mu’tazila’s Semantic Apologetic Arguments

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10.2991/icclas-18.2019.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

semantic, theology, apology, Mu’tazila

Abstract

One of the most important issues in Islamic studies is the interpretation of the sacred texts of Al-Quran and al-Hadiths. Many interpretation theories have been created, such as ration-based interpretation (tafsīr bi al-Ra’yi), text-based interpretation (tafsīr bi al-Ma’tsūr), and linguistic-based interpretation. This paper aims at discussing one of language theories (semantics) which had been developed by Mu’tazila, one of the prominent Islamic theological schools. As the paper is a kind of a library research, it makes use of main references or documents of Mu’tazila’s thoughts as the primary data. The study reveals that the main theological thought character is defensive-apologetic on its doctrines. Language is one of Mu’tazila’s means made for defending their doctrines and beliefs. Therefore, this group was known as the most productive school in writing ideas related to linguistic theories, which become references of Muslim scholars to the present day.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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