By God — Page 23
23 ھ ل مےکاس ل اےکلضف ور ل د ل ر ل الان ل و ل In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. We praise Him, and invoke blessings on His Noble Prophet, and on His servant, the Promised Messiah; With the grace and mercy of God. A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam 1 The Purpose of Taking Oath With regards to taking oath, it should well be remembered that to compare the oaths of God with those of man is a false analogy. God has forbidden man to swear by anything other than He, because when a man swears, he intends to present the thing he has sworn by, as a witness who has knowledge to either testify or falsify the claim which such a person makes, because if one reflects, an oath actually means testimony. When man is unable to present ordinary witnesses, he is in need of taking an oath so that he derives the benefit he would from an eye witness. But, to suggest or believe that anything else besides God is omnipresent and All-Knowing and has the power to attest, falsify, punish or do something else is blasphemy. Hence, in all the books of God, man is taught 1 The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam