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Another fact should be considered: Islam claims-- like Judaism and the Baha'i Faith-- to be not only the rule of conduct and the guide to God for the individual in need of salvation but also the remedy and guidance for a lamentably sick human society. The social order is also an object of divine solicitude. Therefore in Muhammad's proclamation man as a whole is addressed, as an individual as well as a social, political body. This is why the 'Qur'an' also contains ordinances and laws; this is why it is also-- like the Pentateuch-- a book of laws. But by no means a systematic code of laws in the sense of our modern codification! Baha'u'llah's warning about the 'Kitab-i-Aqdas', the book of laws which he revealed, applies also to the 'Qur'an': "Think not that we have revealed unto you a mere code of laws. Nay, rather we have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power." "Say: O leaders of religion! Weigh not the Book of God with such standards and sciences as are current amongst you, for the Book itself is the unerring balance established amongst men."
(141:1)
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