﴿ ۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّۭا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ فَٱتْلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴾

“ALL FOOD was lawful unto the children of Israel, save what Israel had made unlawful unto itself [by its sinning] before the Torah was bestowed from on high. Say: "Come forward, then, with the Torah and recite it, if what you say is true!"”

(All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel�) [3:93]. Said Abu Rawq and al-Kalbi: �This was revealed when the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: �We follow the religion of Abraham�. The Jews responded to this by saying: �How can this be so when you eat the meat of camels and drink their milk�. He said: �That was lawful for Abraham and so we make it lawful too�. The Jews said: �Everything that we take for unlawful today was unlawful to Noah and Abraham and so on and so forth until our time�. To refute them, Allah, exalted is He, revealed (All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel�)�.