Do the Ten Commandments generally require people to take action or refrain from certain actions?

The Ten Commandments can be described as a series of religious and moral ethics which are a moral foundation. The Ten Commandments are a part of the Covenant which are offered by God to the Israelite.  

The Ten Commandments show ten actions of restraining which are forbidden by God upon mankind.  Hence, the Ten Commandments generally require people to take refrain from certain actions.

Some of these actions are:

1) To abstain from associating partners with Him.

2) abstain from making of idols.

3) do not commit a murder of another person.

4) abstain from stealing.

5) do not bear false witness

6) do no covet

All these commandments show refrain.

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover". 

i will have to go with 1.

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