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Some, who are not sufficiently informed as to the meaning of the divine Texts and the contents of traditional and written history, will aver that these customs of the Days of Ignorance were laws which had come down from His Holiness Abraham and had been retained by the idolaters. In this connection they will cite the Qur'anic verse: "Follow the religion of Abraham, the sound in faith."[1] Nevertheless it is a fact attested by the writings of all the Islamic schools that the months of truce, the lunar calendar, and the cutting off of the right hand as punishment for theft, formed no part of Abraham's Law. In any case, the Pentateuch is extant and available today, and contains the laws of Abraham. Let them refer to it. They will then, of course, insist that the Torah has been tampered with, and in proof will quote the Qur'anic verse: "They pervert the text of the Word of God."[2] It is, however, known where such distortion has occurred, and is a matter of record in critical texts and commentaries.[3] Were We to develop the subject beyond this brief reference, We would have to abandon Our present purpose.[1=Qur'an 16:124, 2=Qur'an 4:45; 5:16, 3=Cf. Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 86]
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