# Mihna

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From Arabic مِحْنَة (miḥna, “trial, test, inquisition, catastrophe”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mihna