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Two folios from one of the five copies of the Qur'an manuscript canonized by the third Caliph, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, in the year 648AD

[... Wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: but waste not by excess, for God loveth not the wasters. Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of God, which He hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Judgment...] [Qur'an 7:31-32]

[... Thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who understand. Say: The things that my Lord Hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to God, for which He hath given no authority; and saying things about God of which ye have no knowledge. To every People is a term appointed: when their term is reached,...] [Qur'an 7:32-34]