The word Mesani or Mathaani is translated as meaning "oft-repeated-lines" or oral tradition and is the way to refer to the laws of Noah among the [[Hagarene religions]].
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==Methaani and [[The Repertoire]]==
Two verses in Qur'an refer to Al mesani / Al mesaniy: 15:87 and 39.23. Qur'an 39:23 makes it clear that there is a mesani / mesaniy and Qur'an, and they are separate:
:39.23 Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful Message in the form of a Book, consistent with itself, (yet) '''repeating (its teaching in various aspects)''': the skins of those who fear their Lord tremble thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to the celebration of Allah's praises. Such is the guidance of Allah: He guides therewith whom He pleases, but such as Allah leaves to stray, can have none to guide.
The main text makes it clear that something, a book or a text called mesaniy / mesani were given to Mohamed (pbuh).
:15.87 And We have bestowed upon thee the '''Seven Oft-repeated (verses)''' and the Grand Qur'an.
Which implies that there were seven laws before the giving of the Qur'an. Sabians accept the Quran as an expansion or commentary on the seven mathaani which they specifically identify as the noahide oral tradition with some slight differences. For sabians the word alislam is but the description given to Noahide HaLakhah or Din expanded from the oral tradition (Mathaani). It is generally accepted that ''saban minel masani'' (Seven from the Oft-repeated verses) and ''quranel azim'' (the 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.
