62 Preface سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي الَّذينَ خَلَوا مِن قَبلُ ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبديلًاYusuf Ali(Such was) the practice (approved) of God among those1 who lived aforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of God.The Jewish Law was much more severe: see second and third notes to verse 33:26. That severity is mitigated in Islam. But it is a universal principle that any element which deliberately refuses to obey law and aggressively tries to subvert all order in society, secretly and openly, must be effectively suppressed, for the preservation of the life and health of the general community.