Religion, or call it “deen” if you will, is arguably often the least understood, or the most misunderstood, and probably the most contentious, subject. Part of the reason is, of course, that there have been different prophets and books and teachings by their names, and partly because of the fact that with the coming of each religion, false prophets or religious clerics emerged on the scene, who deliberately introduced new things into the religion. Because ideas die hard, the followers of earlier religions though superseded by later ones generally stick to their own books of such teachings. Interpretations of religions vary even more. There are multiple interpretations of the same religion, even  among followers who have grown in their intellect and wisdom. However, differences in religious understanding tend to narrow when wisdom grows to a certain level. Since the source of religion is God and divine revelation, all prophets must have brought the same message, and religion with God always must have been, or must be, the same one (3:1; 41:43; 42:13; 6:115).

Given that our understandings of what constitutes true religion vary at varying levels of our understanding and wisdom, the more we grow in understanding, knowledge and wisdom, the deeper becomes our understanding, and we see things in a better light, and our view of religion becomes more enlightened.

The newest of major religions has come through the Quran. The Quran excels in eloquence, profundity, universal character and appeal, logical coherence, and scientific orientation of its message. Unaltered and unadulterated since its compilation by the Prophet Muhammad’s trustworthy companions, it is the most reliable comprehensive guidance to humankind. It is detailed and self-explained (6:114; 12:111; 16:89), and straightforward, clear, and sufficiently easy  to follow (39:28; 43:2; 44:2, 58; 54:17, 22, 32, 40). The alleged other sources of Islam such as the Hadith and other books by sectarian clerics have given rise to spurious, self-conflicting, and confusing ideas that have corrupted the pure Islam professed by the Quran. I am glad to see that this site promotes the Quran-only Islam. This Islam seeks to replace the most widely held notions of Islam that have led to sectarian divisions among Muslims, and given rise to the violence, strife, inequality and fanaticism seen so often in western portrayals of Islam.

In my recently published book Exploring Islam in a New Light: An Understanding from the Quranic Perspective, I have sought to project my understanding of this Islam, and presented what I think to be a persuasive case for rejecting the Hadith on theological, historical, and objective grounds (For an account of the historical arguments, the reader may visit the Free-Minds.org site link: Does the Hadith have a Solid Historical Basis? For a defense of the Quran-only approach, the reader is referred to the author’s recent article on the OpEdNews site: Fifteen Great Reasons We Should Embrace and Follow the Quran-only Islam, also reproduced on the islamicreform.org site: http://islamicreform.org/). I will later provide you with a synopsis of this book (If you have not already visited it, and if you wish, you may visit the website: www.explorequran.org to know something about the book).

Salaam.