Sentence:  Where the Qur'an has not been explicit, the "Hadith" has often supplied guidance, providing an intermediate source of knowledge between the text of the Holy Book itself and the <WSD>ratiocinations</WSD> of the religious lawyers, the "fuqaha''', who had recourse, when all else failed, to such principles as analogical reasoning and personal judgement. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A proposition arrived at by such thought.