Ma`rifat Kalami

"Qur'anites" is an new intellectual trend among the Sunnis which considers the Qur'an as the only source of divine legislation and totally rejects the validity of the Sunnah. This intellectual trend first appeared in India and then in Egypt. The Sunnis have anathematized them and they in return consider all Islamic schools of thought as deviant because of their relying on the Prophet's Sunnah. Some of their circles believe that all Muslims are polytheist and non-Muslims. They claim purity in religion. However, the analysis of their views, beliefs, and intellectual fundamentals shows that this intellectual trend is extremely modernist, politically pro-western, methodologically dogmatist, and some of them are extremist. In India and Arab countries individuals and circles propagate this intellectual trend which in fact forms several sects with regard to their intellectual fundamentals, legal and juristic theories, and commentaries of Qur'anic verses. Most of their commentaries and standpoints lack logical coherence and their arguments and interpretations of the Qur'an based on personal opinions are fallacious. The research method is library survey. Since the resources about this trend are not available in Iran and its main activity is found on some websites in the Internet, the websites propagating this trend are the main resources of this research