Then We revealed to you, that is to say, after these charisms and good things which We gave him in both abodes, We [also] honoured him and exalted him by Our commanding of you to follow him: [saying]: 'Follow the creed of Abraham, in the affirmation of Oneness and the principles of religion, which do not change from one divine law to another, such as the matter of the origin and the final return, the gathering and the reckoning and the like of these; but not in the sub-branches of the law, their contexts and their stipulations, as these change in accordance with what is best [at a given point in time] and [in accordance] with the different times and natures and the states of people in terms of habits and character traits.