When Allah says that "We have neglected nothing in the Book"  after mentioning the animals, the astute reader sees that here the voice of Allah is not exclusive. Allah the all-compassionate expresses  love towards all creatures, and none are left out: "we have neglected nothing."

   Not only was did the original Quran affirm vegetarianism, but it did so using the supportive scriptures of the Book of Enoch, a book which is indisputably vegetarian in its teachings.  The Book of Enoch  condemns any alteration of nature whatsoever, such as mining, which alters the earth that is mined, or cosmetics, which alters the appearance of humans. The Book of Enoch is against animal sacrifices, and against any form of shedding blood. It's teachings are opposed to animal sacrifices, seeing them occur on earth as a result of the teachings of the fallen angel/demon Azazel.

     In the second Surah, "The Cow,"  we read:

"And when thy Lord said to the angels,  I am going to place a ruler (khalifah) in the earth,  they said:  Wilt Thou place in it such as make mischief in it and shed blood?  [underlining mine.] And we celebrate Thy praise and extol Thy holiness.  He said:  Surely I know what you know not."  (The Cow 2:30)

   In other words, the original Quran was in line with the morality of the Book of Enoch, which forbid all sacrifices and bloodshed.  From its context the term "Making mischief" in the Quran is an idiom which includes the shedding of blood.

   Further down in the text we find mention of Satan's defiance against the will of God as he refuses to submit himself to the authority of the new ruler of the earth.

And when We said to the angels,
Be submissive to Adam,
they submitted, but Iblis did not.
He refused and was proud,
and he was one of the disbelievers.
 ("The Cow" 2:34)

    The Ethiopic Book of Enoch is of course the classic reference and source of information about  the fallen angels.  Most orthodox Jews, Christians, and Muslims have never heard of it, for very obvious reasons: the book, in keeping with the notion of being all-compassionate, forbids the shedding of any blood that of other animals or of the human animal; it also forbids the exploitation of nature in any form whatsoever.  Orthodox Jews, Christians and Muslims all support industrialism, which oppresses, enslaves, and kills other creatures on a routine basis.

   The Quran's numerous references to the Book of Enoch, which condemns animal sacrifices as diabolical, and which condemns all shedding of blood, and which condemns all industry, can be seen as proof that, as stated by Shias, the original Quran taught vegetarianism and respect for the earth's creatures and its environment, not the notion that humans were to subdue or have dominion over the environment or its creatures.  Other chapters of this study deal with the influence of the Book of Enoch more fully.

   The present Quran numerous times points to the punishment by fire of those dedicated to evil, which is seen in the Book of Enoch, and also to the final times as a time when the mountains will crumble and fall, which is seen in the first chapter of the Book of Enoch.
 

     The reader of the Quran is well aware that the first Surah is called "The Opening," in Arabic, Saba'an min al-Mathani," in English "seven of the oft-repeated" (verses is understood).  Saba, meaning seven in ancient Hebrew and the root of Saba' an in Arabic, was in fact a well recognized name of Shiva throughout the times of ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and early Islam. It is well known that Muhammad associated with Sabean wilderness communities that were vegetarian.

2: 29 He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth.  Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens.

      These facts are to be taken in context of the Quran's praise of  the Sabeans, a fact which the Sunni tradition marginalizes or does not explain.  In fact, thus far all the Sunni books I have studied do not at all recognize the fact that the Sabeans are Shaivites worshipping Shiva, the Lord of Creatures, or Pasupati, and Protector of Cattle.  Shiva teaches vegetarianism.  And Shiva is known as Lord of the Seven Worlds in Hinduism as well.  So too we see the criticism of those who would make mischief and shed blood.

   Just as thousands of scholars have pointed out the contradictions of the Torah and the New Testament, so too have many people pointed out the contradictions of the Quran.   Those who state that all scriptures over time are bound to be confusing have only to look at the Ethiopic Book of Enoch in order to see a work that is consistently against any view which regards creation as something to be exploited.
 

   In keeping with the Sabean beliefs of Muhammad that no doubt originally permeated the entire Quran, we have the doctrine of reincarnation. Though this verse is liable to several interpretations that exclude reincarnation, the verses, in context of the Quran's praise of the Sabeans, very definitely lend themselves to being interpreted as an affirmation of reincarnation in the Hindu sense of the term, and therefore shows that Muhammad, himself a vegetarian, taught vegetarianism.

"How disbelieve ye in Allah when ye were dead and He gave life to you!  Then he will give you death, then life again, and then unto Him ye will return."