The 10 Complete Commandments of Allah to Bani Israel According to the Qur’an

Series: Malaysia Is About to Be Attacked, Because This Is the Land of Bani Israel

Having examined the similarities and differences between The 10 Commandments and the Quranic List of Commands to Bani Israel, the time has now come to gather the entire framework of those commands into one complete arrangement.

This section matters because this is the form we have been looking for from the very beginning. If the well-known form of The 10 Commandments today no longer presents the full structure of the original covenant clearly, then we need to return to the form that Allah Himself reopened in Surah al-Isra’, verses 22 to 39.

1. The Foundation of Tawḥīd and the Prohibition of Shirk

1. Do not set up another deity alongside Allah. (17:22, 17:39)
2. Do not worship except Allah alone. (17:23)

2. The Rights of Parents and Family Conduct

3. Show excellence and goodness to both parents. (17:23)
4. Do not say “uff” to your parents. (17:23)
5. Do not rebuke your parents. (17:23)
6. Speak to your parents with noble speech. (17:23)
7. Lower yourself before your parents with mercy. (17:24)
8. Pray for mercy for your parents. (17:24)

3. The Rights of Relatives and the Vulnerable

9. Give the relatives their due right. (17:26)
10. Give the poor their due right. (17:26)
11. Give the wayfarer his due right. (17:26)

4. Financial Discipline and the Prohibition of Wastefulness

12. Do not be wasteful. (17:26, 17:27)
13. Do not be excessively miserly. (17:29)

5. The Protection of Life, Lineage and Human Dignity

14. Do not kill your children out of fear of poverty. (17:31)
15. Do not come near zina. (17:32)
16. Do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except with right. (17:33)
17. Do not transgress in retaliatory killing. (17:33)

6. Trusts, Promises and the Rights of Orphans

18. Do not approach the property of the orphan except in the best manner. (17:34)
19. Fulfil the promise. (17:34)

7. Justice in Muʿāmalāt

20. Give full measure when you measure. (17:35)
21. Weigh with a straight and just balance. (17:35)

8. Discipline of Knowledge and Accountability of the Senses

22. Do not follow anything without knowledge. (17:36)

9. The Prohibition of Arrogance

23. Do not walk upon the earth with arrogance. (17:37)

10. The Affirmation of Commandments Within the Framework of Wisdom

24. All evil within this framework of commandments is hated by Allah. (17:38)
25. All of this is part of the wisdom revealed by Allah. (17:39)

An Important Clarification

Those final two points are not ordinary commands on the same level as the ones before them. They serve instead as the closing that gathers the entire framework of commands that came before.

One shows how Allah judges all of those violations. The other affirms that this entire framework comes from the wisdom of revelation.

That is why this list cannot be read as scattered fragments of law. It must be read as one complete covenantal framework from Allah to Bani Israel.

Bani Israel are not necessarily identical with the Jews. They have been scattered across the face of the earth for thousands of years.

As for the punishment upon Bani Israel, it will take place upon the land promised to Bani Israel, namely Masyariqal Ard.