Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Baya ga amfani da shi a cikin Alkur'ani, "fitna" ta zo da ma'anar farko na "'tashin hankali', 'rikice-rikice', 'yaƙin basasa', amma yakin basasa wanda ke haifar da rarrabuwa kuma a cikinsa tsarkakar muminai na imani yana cikin babban haɗari. " Wannan ya kasance haka musamman kamar yadda ya zo, a cikin kalmar Fitna ta farko, don komawa ga babban yakin basasa na farko na Khalifanci na Musulunci, wanda ya kasance daga 656 zuwa 661. "Saboda gwagwarmayar da ta nuna zuwan Mu'āwiya, an yi amfani da kalmar" fitna "daga baya ga duk wani lokacin rikice-rikicen da makarantun ko ƙungiyoyi suka yi wanda ya rabu da yawancin masu bi". Saboda haka kalmar ta bayyana kwatancin wasu manyan rikice-rikice kamar Fitna ta biyu (680-92), Fitna ta uku (744-47), Fitna ta huɗu
(809-827), da Fitna na al-Andalus (1009<unk>1031).