The group self-proclaimed to be followers of Ali Shariati, however, according to Ronen Cohen, the claim was used instrumentally to look more “prestigious” and allow them to develop their combined ideology. Due to the literal meaning Forqan is described as criterion or standard. Proof or evidence is the meaning that Wehr’s dictionary give to this word. Uri Rubin introduced Forquan as one of names of the Quran. The root of this word means “separate”.
In the Tarikh al-Tabari and Tafsir al-Kabir (al-Razi) the root of this word that means “God’s separating or distinguishing between truth and falsehood, defined as f-r-q”. The Forqan group is the Islamic shia group that emphasized the Islam without clergy and decided to present the real Islam and truthful message of Quran.According to the Shariati’ thought, the rule of the unity of Allah forms the basic element of an equal and just society in the Muhammad prophet’s tradition.
