Oaths of Allah

Is there not in this an oath for one of insight?

And this is a mighty oath, if only you knew.

By the wise Qur’an

By the Quran, rich in remembrance.

By the glorious Qur’an

By a Book inscribed

On parchment unrolled.

By the pen and what they inscribe.

But no! I swear by what you see

And what you do not see.

By those who line up in perfect ranks.

And those that distribute affairs by command.

By those who separate truth from falsehood with clarity

By those who deliver the reminder

As a warning or a vindication

By those who wrench out souls with force

By those who draw them out gently

By those who glide swiftly.

And those who recite the Reminder.

By the winds sent forth in swift succession

By the storming gusts that rage

By the scatterers that spread far and wide.

By the winds that scatter dust with force

And those that carry heavy burdens.

And those who drive forward with force

By the star when it descends.

I swear by the retreating stars

That glide and disappear.

I swear by the setting of the stars.

By the sky adorned with constellations.

By the sky that sends down rain.

By the sky and the One who built it.

By the sky and the night visitor.

By the lofty canopy raised high.

By the earth and the One who spread it.

And by the earth that splits open.

And those that glide with ease.

By the Mount.

By Mount Sinai.

By the frequented House above.

By time.

And by the surging sea.

By the sun and its radiant glow.

By the moon as it follows.

No! By the moon.

And by the moon as it waxes full.

And by the dawn as it breathes.

By the dawn.

And the dawn as it breaks.

By the morning light.

I swear by the Day of Resurrection.

By the promised Day.

By the day as it illuminates.

I swear by the glow of sunset.

And by the night as it spreads.

By the night as it retreats.

By the night as it envelops.

By the night as it settles.

By the ten nights.

And I swear by the self, blaming soul.

By the soul and the One who fashioned it

And inspired it with both corruption and righteousness.

By the witness and the witnessed.

By the even and the odd.

By this secure city.

I swear by this city.

Where you dwell freely.

And by parent and child.

By the creation of male and female.

By the fig and the olive.

By the charging steeds, panting

Striking sparks with their hooves

Racing at dawn

Raising clouds of dust

Storming into the midst.