The Clans
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.[33:62]
(Such was) the practice (approved) of God among those who lived aforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of God.

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* v.62 : The Jewish law was much more severe: see notes 3703 and 3704 to xxxiii. 26. That severity is mitigated in Islam. But it is a universal principle that any element which deliberately refuses to obey law and aggressively tries to subvert all order in society, secretly and openly, must be effectively suppressed, for the preservation of the life and health of the general community.