Qur'an commentary Surat 5: Al-Ma'ida: The Table

1. Also called the Sura of Contracts by "O you who believe....."

2. The concept of 'hudud'
Throughout their long history the Muslims established the hudud and protected the lives, property and reputation of all those under their jurisdiction. They did not abandon the Divine judgements until the Mongols attacked them and Divine law was replaced by teaching invented by their tyrants in a book called the Yasaq. This disaster was repeated when the Europeans invaded the Muslim world and put man-made laws in place of the Divine legislation so that widespread corruption spread throughout the entire world. In their laws the Europeans permit fornication as long it is by mutual consent and the most highly evolved nations even permit sodomy! They have discredited the laws of hudud and retaliation and no one can speak about them without exposing himself to ridicule, censure and even chastisement.

Book: Muhammad al-Ghazali, Aisha Bewley translated, Journey thought the Qur'an: Themes and Messages of the Holy Qur'an(Norwich: Redwood Books, 1998)