MU’TAZILA IN WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP: THEIR ORIGIN, ORIGINALITY, AND LEGACY

Abstract Mu'tazila is one of the schools kalam that appears in Islamic intellectual history. Although considered a heresy, Mu'tazilite scholars played an important role development various traditional disciplines. Initially, Western historians rationalism as anomaly However, studies show they are not only integral part tradition, but have also even influenced from thought next generation. This article will focus on narrative scholarship by focusing history its early emergence and development, originality theological philosophical ideas developed, their legacy research library with content analysis approach. shows despite adoption foreign concepts methods, especially Greek philosophers, thinkers had developed own original ideas. Furthermore, this paper discuss Mu'tazila's influence who came after them, theology, other fields sciences.