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== Meaning == | == Meaning == | ||
"La hukm illa li Allah" was the [[Kharijite]] slogan in opposition to [[Imam 'Ali]]. Due to their use of this slogan, they came to be known as "muhakkima". The term "hukm" in this slogan is interpreted as arbitration (tahkim), meaning that none but [[God]] can be an arbiter. The slogan is derived from the [[Quran|Quranic]] phrase "Inn al-hukm illa li Allah" (Sovereignty belongs only to Allah), which appears in several [[verse|verses]] of the Quran. In the Kharijite interpretation, this phrase was understood as a rejection of any rule or arbitration by anyone other than God. | "La hukm illa li Allah" was the [[Kharijite]] slogan in opposition to [[Imam 'Ali]].<ref>Nawbakhtī, ''Firaq al-Shīʿa'', p. 6; Ashʿarī, ''Kitāb al-maqālāt wa al-firaq'', p. 5.</ref> Due to their use of this slogan, they came to be known as "muhakkima".<ref>Shūshtarī, ''Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq'', vol. 32, p. 523.</ref> The term "hukm" in this slogan is interpreted as arbitration (tahkim), meaning that none but [[God]] can be an arbiter.<ref>Farāhīdī, ''Kitāb al-ʿayn'', vol. 3, p. 67; Azharī, ''Tahdhīb al-lugha'', vol. 4, p. 70- 71.</ref> The slogan is derived from the [[Quran|Quranic]] phrase "Inn al-hukm illa li Allah" (Sovereignty belongs only to Allah), which appears in several [[verse|verses]] of the Quran. In the Kharijite interpretation, this phrase was understood as a rejection of any rule or arbitration by anyone other than God. | ||
== Initial Uses == | == Initial Uses == | ||