This article tries to discuss the discourse of the necessity of the application of the hermeneutic method in Qur’anic studies with the theory of interpretation ma’na-cum-maghza offered by Muslim scholars in Yogyakarta. In conclusion, the efforts of the initiators of the hermeneutic of the Qur’an to make hermeneutics be one approach and partners in the study of the Qur'an is an effort that needs to be appreciated. If the goal is to develop Islamic Studies (particularly the study of the Quran). However, taking into account the assumptions and implications, hermeneutics is not appropriate to be applied in the study of the Qur'an. If it applied to interpret the Qur'an, then it will lead to confusions and doubts. This is because it departed from skepticism and relativism, equating the Qur'anic text as plain texts, require uncertainty meanings and relative-tentative interpretations.