أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Am lakum aymaanun 'alainaa baalighatun ilaa yawmil qiyaamati inna lakum lamaa tahkumoon
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
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Day of Judgment
68:39Ayah 152
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Or do you have oaths pledges binding secured on Us until the Day of Resurrection ilā yawmi’l-qiyāmati is semantically connected to ‘alaynā ‘on Us’; these words ‘alaynā bālighatun ‘binding on Us’ contain the sense of an oath given in other words ‘Did We swear to you?’ the response to which is what follows that you will indeed have whatever you decide? to have for yourselves.
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I have held covenant with Thee which Thou wouldst not break, so for any believer whom I curse or beat, make that an expiation on the Day of Resurrection.
"Your oath is as your companion understands it to be."
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) pronounced judgment on the basis of oath by the defendant.
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