# The Ten Commandments

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ten-commandments/373442 "2006-09-20T17:46:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ten-commandments/373442/1 "2006-09-20T17:46:50Z")

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Is there anything like the 10 thingies in the Koran?

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**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ten-commandments/373442/2 "2006-09-20T18:07:37Z")

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Depends what you mean. I am not sure if they actually have a ten commandments per se, but they do have the same guidelines.

From [Submission.org](http://www.submission.org/quran/ten.html).

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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ten-commandments/373442/3 "2006-09-21T19:14:51Z")

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[QUOTE=chowder]  
Is there anything like the 10 thingies in the Koran?  
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Even Jews and Christians disagree about the order and wording of the ‘thingies’ so a single factual answer is difficult.

The Koran does mention [the tablets](http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0023395.html). As I read it though, [the tablets](http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/koran/koran-idx?type=simple&q1=tablet&size=First+100)(Musa = Moses) were a complete copy of scripture.

Oops, out of time. I’ll be back.

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**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ten-commandments/373442/4 "2006-09-21T19:33:07Z")

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[QUOTE=chowder]  
Is there anything like the 10 thingies in the Koran?  
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This is sort of like asking whether the 10 Commandments are found in the New Testament. Islam accepts that the Torah (the Five Mosaic Books of the Bible, or the Pentateuch), which contains the 10 Commandments, is the word of God. While the Koran provides a different interpretation of parts of the Torah, the 10 Commandments may be regarded as part of Islam as well as Judaism and Christianity.