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Abstract enThe problem of khalq al-Qur’an that appeared in the 2nd century of hijra is one of the most important debates on the context of “divine word”. However, gaining political dimension brings this issue to evaluate in a different context rather than theological. The proclamation of “the Qur’an is created”, which upheld after these debates on whether the Qur’an is created or not, has been accepted as a state policy by the Abbasid Caliph al-Ma’mun and whoever objected this theological discourse have been fought back violently. This domination over who pronounce, “The Qur’an is not created” has been addressed as “mihna” in Islamic history and it has been attempted to establish a similarity between “mihna” and “inquisition” that was been happening in medieval Europe simultaneously. In this article, without engaging any theological debates on whether the Qur’an is created or not, the reasons and results of the political exploitation of this issue will be analysed

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