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How do we reconcile Allah's saying: {All food was lawful for the Children of Israel except what Israel had made unlawful for himself} with His saying: {And because of the wrongdoing of those who were Jews, We made unlawful for them good things which had been lawful to them}?

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The saying of Allah, "All food was lawful for the Children of Israel," means that all edibles were lawful for Jacob, peace be upon him, except what he had forbidden for himself, and that was before the revelation of the Torah.

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