A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád'/Appendix A/20

by Moulavi Gerágh Ali

[Sidenote: (8) The Bee, XVI, 40.]

20. "And they swear by God with their (Jahd) utmost oaths that 'God will never raise him who once is dead.' Nay; but on Him is a promise binding though most men know it not."

Sale renders the word "most solemnly;" Rodwell, "most sacred oath;" Palmer, "most strenuous oath."