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feel no fear and know no sorrow.' (Surat al-A'raf, 49)
Or do you have oaths which bind Us, extending to the Day of Rising,
that you will have whatever you decide? (Surat al-Qalam, 39)
They swear by Allah with their most earnest oaths that Allah will
not raise up those who die, when, on the contrary, it is a binding prom-
ise on Him; but most people do not know it. (Surat an-Nahl, 38)
We and our forefathers were promised this before. This is nothing
but the myths of previous peoples!' (Surat al-Mu'minun, 83)

THE OATH OF SATAN TO MISLEAD PEOPLE
He said, 'My Lord, because You misled me, I will make things on the
earth seem good to them and I will mislead them all, every one of
them. (Surat al-Hijr, 39)

THEY SWEAR THAT THEY ARE BELIEVERS
EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT BELIEVE
Do you not see those who have turned to people with whom Allah is
angry? They belong neither to you nor to them. And they swear to
falsehood and do so knowingly. (Surat al-Mujadala, 14)
They have sworn by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if a
Sign comes to them they will believe in it. Say: 'The Signs are in Allah's
control alone.' What will make you realise that even if a Sign did come,
they would still not believe? (Surat al-An'am, 109)
They swear by Allah that they are of your number, but they are not
of your number. Rather, they are people who are scared. (Surat at-
Tawba, 56)
As for those who have set up a mosque, causing harm and out of dis-
belief, to create division between the believers, and in readiness for
those who previously made war on Allah and His Messenger, they
will swear, 'We only desired the best.' But Allah bears witness that they
are truly liars. (Surat at-Tawba, 107)
They swore by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if a warner
came to them they would be better guided than any other community.
But then when a warner did come to them, it only increased their aver-
sion. (Surat al-Fatir, 42)