A critical analysis of the Modernists and the Hadeeth ... - Islam House

Comments:
1. 'It is only the coherence of the Qur'an, which if considered leads to a
definite and integrated understanding of the Divine Message.'
This shows that Farahi's research on the 'coherence of the
Qur'an' is the Islahi group's substitute for the Hadeeth and the
Sunnah.
2. They expect all the sects to accept Farahi's principles in interpreting
the Qur'aan to bring about unity in the Ummah and it is only
then that the Qur'aan will be "truly regarded as a Mizan (Balance
of Justice) and a Furqan (Distinguisher of Good and Evil)."
3. They claim that without Farahi's holistic approach 'a lot of its
treasure of wisdom remains hidden' this after they have
discredited the hadeeth as an interpreter of the Qur'aan.
4. 'His (Farahi's) findings were as original as his approach' this is not a
praiseworthy attribute but a serious imperfection and a
perversion from the true manner in which the Qur'aan ought to
be understood. 'Original' is but a euphemism to hide the ugly
reality that such a manner of Tafseer does not have precedence
from the earlier generations of Muslims and is a product of
intellectual effort taken by a person from
contemporary times.
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