fitna

Meaning

Noun

1. Temptation.
2. Strife; social unrest or civil war among Muslims, especially from the 7th to the 9th century.

Contraction

African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

Synonyms

sedition

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).