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The True Sharia in the Qur'an

The word Sharia means "path." A Muslim can easily tell what
"path" to follow by looking at the Qur'an. Few things are unlawful in
the Qur'an, and these are made clear with explicit prohibitions. They
are not open to discussion or interpretation. For example, killing, adul-
tery, earning interest, eating pork or drinking blood are all unlawful
actions revealed in verses of the Qur'an in the most definitive terms.
This is one important characteristic of the Qur'an. People who aim to

come up with prohibitions by interpreting verses in the light of their
own desires always produce their own deductions from them. Yet God
prohibits what is unlawful with definitive pronouncements, as in this
verse:

He has only forbidden you carrion, blood and pork and what has
been consecrated to other than God. (Qur'an, 2:173)

God reveals in the Qur'an that there will be people who fabricate
what is lawful or prohibited in the name of Islam:

Do not say about what your lying tongues describe: "This is lawful
and this is unlawful," inventing lies against God. Those who invent
lies against God are not successful. (Qur'an, 16: 116)

Following the time of our Prophet (pbuh), numerous communities