Quranism - Overview

Overview

Quranists consider themselves to follow only the Quran.

Liberal movements within Islam include Quranists who interpret Islam as "a belief system committed to the liberal values of a democratic world" under narrow Hudud (Arabic حدود). Other quranists remain orthodox in their approach to human rights and broader in the application of rules and punishments, supporting punishments such as amputation of the hand for theft, crucifixion, amputation and execution of enemies

Most Quranists accept the same Arabic Quran used by other Muslims, with only the minority 'submitter' sect reverting to what they claim is the original Quran by removing ayats 9:128-9 to fit their 'Quran Code 19' theology.

Quranist groups are increasingly translating the Arabic Quran themselves into other languages, because most translations by orthodox Muslim groups contain perceived innovations and mistranslations to fit the orthodox ideology. Orthodox Qurans are replete with bracketed comments — based on the sunnah — throughout the ayats to lead the reader to interpret the Quran by the way of the translator, even though the bracketed comments are absent from the Arabic Quran, and such bracketed comments appear less frequently — if at all — in Quranist translations.

"So far from the Quran alone being the sole rule of faith and practice to Muslims, there is not one single sect amongst them whose faith and practice are based on it alone".

Some Muslims have suggested that the original prohibition against Hadith led to the Golden Age of Islam, as the Quran was able to stand up to critical thinking and questioning; and Muslims were thus schooled to be inquisitive and seek answers to every quandary. They posit that the increased reliance on Hadith, which was allegedly illogical and required the suspension of disbelief, led to the eventual downfall of scholastic pursuits in the religion.