God’s actual words cannot change (hence the preservation of The Quran as He promised), but since only He knows the exact meaning of His words, you can only interpret them as best you can, using heart, logic, and seeking the best possible meaning as God exhorts you to to do, according to the time you’re living in.ģ) Since you are not living at the time of the revelation, this question is irrelevant. Since The Quran is intended as an eternal guide, this appears probable.Ģ) Yes, meanings of words can change, or indeed words can have multiple meanings. are not rejected on grounds of authenticity, merely on divine authority):ī) You could look at the carbon dating of early manuscriptsĬ) You could infer that, since God doesn’t mention the date of revelation, it is not important. Likewise you must reject the very ‘history’ which caused you to come to your conclusions, for it too is ‘merely the sayings, interpretations and teaching of men’ – lastly, you must reject all of YOUR own conclusions from the Quran, since your own conclusions are merely the saying, interpretation and teaching from yourself – a fallible man”ġ) Several ways of looking at this, since The Quran doesn’t specify when it was revealed:Ī) You could look at the history according to sirah/hadith/histories from other cultures referring to the time (this applies in the case that hadith etc. This is because language is preserved in lexicons, dictionaries, writings and memory all transmitted and authored by men.
“Really?” I said “Then follow your advice and reject all knowledge of the Arabic language which the Quran needs in order for people to understand it. I can interpret the Quran myself, I don’t need anything else”‘ The study of History tells us that everything else is merely the sayings, interpretations, memories and teaching of fallible men – including the hadith. Home › WRITINGS › ARTICLES › The Confusion of the Quranistīy Abdullah al Andalusi on OctoĪ Quranist once said to me ‘We need only the Quran.
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