Hi All, I was wondering. Have you ever heard of a Quran Only person who has had at least the reputation to be a Mystic/Saint/Pure ???? I am wondering. If you have, please post some names and links if possible. Thanks Many here will disagree with me but I always found the Sufis more Koranic than the strict theologians of Sunni/Shia Islam. This is because in their madrasas, they usually stick to Arabic and Koranic memorization and recitation. Plus they are not as obsessed with fiqh as the theologians are. Sufis differ in the sense of their attachment with piety. They see piety as a connection between man and God. Most of all, Sufis are mostly apolitical but they differ from country to country. The Sufis in Sudan are more fiqh oriented than in Morocco or Tunisia or Indonesia. The Sufis in Egypt I don't know much about. There is also universalist Sufism like Inayat Khan followers in America. They are the closest in my mind to the Koranic persuasion than the others. Islamic fiqh is the most distant from the Koran and I see the more you hold on to them the further you will get from the Koran.

3442 So today, none of you can help or harm one another. And We will sayto the transgressors ?Taste the retribution of the Fire that you used to deny.? "SAYTO" IS MISSING A SPACE CHARACTER BETWEEN "SAY" AND "TO" 3539 HeistheOnewhomadeyousuccessorsontheEarth. Subsequently, whoever disbelieves, then to him is his disbelief... SPACE CHARACTERS MISSING AT BEGINNIG OF VERSE 384 And they were surprised that a warner has come to them from among themselves. And the rejecters said ?This is amagician, a liar.? SPACE IS NEED BETWEEN "A" and "MAGICIAN" 3333 You shall settle down in your homes, and do not go about like in the olden days of ignorance. You shall hold the communion, and contribute towards betterment, and obey God and His messenger. God wishes to remove any affliction from you, O people of the Dwelling, and to purify you completely. 9125 As for those who have a disease in their hearts, it only increased foulness to their foulness, and they died as rejecters. 7162 Those who were wicked amongst them altered what was said to them with something different; so We sent to them an affliction from the sky because they were wicked. THE WORD TRANSLATED AS FOULNESS IN 9125, IS IT THE SAME AS THE ONE TRANSLATED AS AFFLICTION IN 3333 and 7162