Jahm ibn Safwan was an Islamic theologian of the Umayyad period whose name gave rise to the Jahmiyya moniker. He was born in Samarkand and settled in Khurasan, specifically at Merv. During his lifetime he attached himself to the rebel leader al-Harith ibn Surayj, a dissident in Khurasan, and he was executed in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz. He was the first Muslim reported to have spoken about the createdness of the Quran. Reliable historical information about him is sparse, because it comes from sources antagonistic toward him written in later periods.
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Jahm bin Safwan (Arabic: جَهْم بن صَفْوان, romanized: Jahm ibn Ṣafwān) was an Islamic theologian of the Umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the Jahmiyya moniker.
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During his lifetime, he attached himself to the rebel leader Al-Harith ibn Surayj, a dissident in Khurasan.
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Jahm bin Safwan (Arabic: جَهْم بن صَفْوان, romanized: Jahm ibn Ṣafwān) was an Islamic theologian of the Umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the Jahmiyya moniker.
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During his lifetime, he attached himself to the rebel leader Al-Harith ibn Surayj, a dissident in Khurasan.
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He was executed in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz.
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c. 696 CE (76 AH)
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He was the first Muslim reported to have spoken about the createdness of the Qurʾān and reject Abraham's friendship with God and Moses' speaking to Him.
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Jahm ibn Safwan (d. 746): The historical figure most systematically tied to absolute determinism, arguing that human actions are metaphorical, with God acting as the sole true agent.
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