If the intended meaning of the Laws (al-Shara'i') were their outward aspect, their commands, prohibitions, permissions, and forbiddance would not have differed, because it is not admissible for the Eternal to change from state to state.

Do you not see that the Law which Moses brought abrogated the Laws that were before it? And he, peace be upon him, commanded their abrogation, such as the two schools of the Sabeans and the Brahmins, and their belief in the stars, and that sacrifices are offered to them, and that their smoke ascends to them, and that by this deed they triumph.

And they had with them the Scrolls of Idris, who forbade them in his testaments from eating broad beans, young birds, and gourds; and [he abrogated] the Brahmins' devotion to seeds, and their belief that through them they know the chronologies.

So when Moses came, he changed that, abrogated it, and annulled it. He forbade fat (al-shahm) for the Jews, and obligated them to venerate the seventh day, which is the Sabbath day. And he manifested the performance of prayer in al-Buraq and the turning towards a Dome from the covenant of Adam in which was the Ark (al-Tabut).