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Reasons for Misinterpreting the Qur'an

try to adapt the Qur'an to that perverted religion. Their twisted
mentality has been described in the Qur'an:

When they are told, 'Follow what God has sent down
to you,' They say, 'We are following what we found
our fathers doing.' What, even though their fathers
did not understand a thing and were not guided!
(Surat al-Baqarah: 170)
This twisted view of religion, that is widespread among the
uneducated, puts forward a model of belief that is completely
different from and contradictory to the Islamic one. This model,
which is presented under the name of Islam, in fact has no relation
whatsoever with the true religion, ethics and lifestyle that are
described in the Qur'an. This distorted model is based on traditions
and old-fashioned superstitions and not on the Qur'an. The
followers of this warped practice try to adapt the Qur'an and its
verses to fit their traditions and superstitions. It is obviously
impossible to explain the Qur'an with such nonsense. However, as

mentioned in the Qur'an, these fabrications that are manufactured
by "distorting the book with tongues" only serve to distance
one from the Qur'an.
Such people try to give the impression that they base what
they say on the Qur'an when trying to authenticate their ideas,
interpretations, judgments and applications that are, in truth, far
from anything the Qur'an actually represents. Yet, they cannot put
together any logical explanation for their unfounded claims. No
matter how hard they try, anyone with common sense can see
through their ridiculous explanations. Those who put such
superstitions forward are actually well aware of the fact that they
cannot make the Qur'an fit their twisted approach, so they
content themselves with just distancing people further from the

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