Sharia (or shariah in Arabic: شريعة) is the Islamic law (Sharia law), a religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the tradition of the hadith. In Arabic, the term sharīʿah refers to GOD’s immutable divine law and is contrasted with fiqh, which refers to its human scholarly interpretations. The manner of its application in modern times has been a subject of dispute between Muslim fundamentalists and modernists.