N. D. Ahuja, The essence and the fragrance, 1975
"However, 'legalism' (fiqak) and 'letterism' (tafsir) engulfed the teachings of 
the Prophet with lapse of time and the Esseence of God-Realization was, to a
great extent, lost in the cob-webs created by Ulema-i-su ie the self-seeking "



letterism - sometimes zaahiri, sometimes tafsir

druggie religious shite