Mutazilites, one of the important schools of Islamic thought owns the honor of founding the science of Islamic theology. Mutazilite school that raised important theologians such as Abū al-Huzayl al-‘Allāf, Naẓẓām, and Mu‘ammar b. ‘Abbād since its early days stayed as the dominant school of theological thought until 4^th / 10^th century when Sunnite thought matured.

Two of the prominent figures raised by this school were Abū ‘Ali al-Jubbāī and his son Abū Hāshim al-Jubbāī. These two figures none of whose works survived to this day constitute a turning point in the systemization of Mutazilite thought. They systemized in a holistic structure the disconnected  and sometimes contradicting views of the former Mutazilites. In a way, they established the formal discourse of Mutazilites. This book examines their views in a comprehensive way by pointing out their disagreements.

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