Die frühen Reformer versuchten, „die Türen des Ijtihad (der religiösen Interpretation)" wieder zu öffnen, um die ererbten Systeme islamischen Denkens an die neuen Umstände anzupassen.
The reformists of the first wave attempted to "reopen the doors of Ijtihad (religious interpretation)" in order to adapt the inherited systems of Islamic thinking to new conditions.