Page 224 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

222 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

THINGS THAT ALLAH SWEARS BY

By your Lord, We will question them all, every one of them. (Surat
al-Hijr, 92)
We know that your breast is constricted by what they say. (Surat al-
Hijr, 97)
By the Wise Qur'an. (Surah Ya Sin, 2)
By those drawn up in ranks, and by the warners crying warning,
and by the reciters of the Reminder: (Surat as-Saffat, 1-3)
Sâd By the Qur'an holding the Remembrance. (Surah Sâd, 1)
By the Book which makes things clear. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 2)
By the scatterers scattering, and those bearing weighty loads, and
those speeding along with ease, and those apportioning the command.
(Surat adh-Dhariyat, 1-4)
By Heaven with its oscillating orbits, (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 7)
By the Lord of heaven and earth, it is certainly the truth, just as you
have speech. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 23)
By the Mount and an Inscribed Book on an Unfurled Scroll, by the
Visited House, by the Raised Canopy, by the Overflowing Ocean:
(Surat at-Tur, 1-6)
By the star when it descends, (Surat an-Najm, 1)
And I swear by the places of the stars – and that is a mighty oath if
you only knew – (Surat al-Waq'ia, 75-76)
Nun By the Pen and what they write down! (Surat al-Qalam, 1)
I swear both by what you see and what you do not see, (Surat al-
Haqqa, 38-39)
No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests that We have the
power. (Surat al-Ma'arij, 40)
No indeed! By the moon and the night when it withdraws and the
dawn when it grows bright, (Surat al-Muddaththir, 32-34)
No! I swear by the Day of Rising! No! I swear by the self-reproaching
self. (Surat al-Qiyama, 1-2)
By those sent forth in succession, by the violently gusting blasts, by
the scatterers scattering, by the winnowers winnowing, by those hurl-
ing a reminder, (Surat al-Mursalat, 1-5)
By those who pluck out harshly, and those who draw out gently, and