Which implies that there were seven laws before the giving of the Qur'an. It is generally accepted that ''saban minel masani'' (Seven Oft-repeated verses) and ''quranel azim'' (Grand Reading/Qur'an) must be two different things because they are separated with conjunction waw. However many Islamic scholars are at a loss to defined what the Mesani is. The proposal that they are the seven laws of Noah has been found acceptable by certain muslims who have studied the issue and not found to be theologically problematic.
In the Qur'an Noah is portrayed as prophet teaching against idolatry even before the flood. <ref>[http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/071.qmt.htmlTranslations of the Qur'an, Chapter 71: NOOH]</ref>
The Qur'anic word "mesani" is the same word as the Hebrew word "mishna" (repetition), and probably derived from the hebrew.
# Qur'an 17:35 — [[Imperative of Legal System]] #7
# Qur'an 17:36 — [[Prohibition of Limb of a Living Creature]] #6??? (although the last is specifically mentioned by the Qur'an 2:173; 5:3)
