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Covenants, their Different Categories, Punishments and Rewards 319 cruelty with beneficence and love. The same principle is mentioned in the verse where God declares: …The truth has come and falsehood has fled. … (S u rah al-Isr a ’; Ch. 17: V. 82) It is like saying that light has come and darkness has vanished. A Similar Code of Ethics given to Humans is made Binding by Allah upon Himself In another verse of the Holy Quran, Allah makes it binding upon Himself to bring better signs in place of those He has abrogated, or at least signs similar to them. This principle is mentioned in the verse: Whatever Sign We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than that or the like thereof. (Surah al-Baqarah; Ch. 2: V. 107) This verse is normally understood to apply to the verses of the Holy Quran. If Allah abrogates some, He binds Himself to replace them with better, if not similar ones. In reality, no verse of the Holy Quran has ever been abrogated. Commenting on this verse, the medieval ulema used to quote up to five hundred