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In the Bible, GOD does not swear by His creations. Does Islam's GOD swear by His creations?

The sections of this article are:

1-  The Bible's claims.
2-  Allah Almighty's Divine Claims in the Glorious Quran.

     (a)-  Allah Almighty never once made a Qasam (قسم) over any of His creations.
     (b)-  Allah Almighty does not like His Holy Name to be sworn by.
     (c)-  Allah Almighty emphasized on a number of His creations using wa (و).

3-  But GOD in the Bible never said "I will not swear or make a Qasam (قسم)".
4-  Conclusion.
  

Note:  Islam's GOD is the same as the Bible's GOD.  We Muslims believe in the Sovereign LORD and Creator of the Universe, Who is the GOD of Abraham [1] [2].

1-  The Bible's claims:

Let us look at the following verses from the Bible:

Hebrews 6:12-14
12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,
14 saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."

Genesis 22:15-17
15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time
16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

Here the Angel reveals to Abraham what GOD Almighty instructed the Angel to reveal to Abraham.  GOD Almighty swore upon Himself to bless Abraham, peace be upon him.

Jeremiah 22:4-5
4 For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and their people.
5 But if you do not obey these commands, declares the LORD, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.' "

Jeremiah 44:15-18, 25-27
15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, along with all the women who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt, said to Jeremiah,
16 "We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD!
17 We will certainly do everything we said we would: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven [1] and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our fathers, our kings and our officials did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and were well off and suffered no harm.
18 But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven [1] and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have had nothing and have been perishing by sword and famine."
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25 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives have shown by your actions what you promised when you said, 'We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven [1].'
"Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows!
26 But hear the word of the LORD, all Jews living in Egypt: 'I swear by my great name,' says the LORD, 'that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, "As surely as the Sovereign LORD lives."
27 For I am watching over them for harm, not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all destroyed.

Jeremiah 49:12-13
12 This is what the LORD says: "If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, why should you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must drink it.
13 I swear by myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become a ruin and an object of horror, of reproach and of cursing; and all its towns will be in ruins forever."

  
Notes:

1-  Queen of Heaven here is not referring to the virgin Mary, peace be upon her.  According to Nelson's Compact Bible Commentary, ISBN 10: 0-7852-5249-5, pages 543-544:

"44:15-17  The people countered Jeremiah's words with an argument from experience.  They rejected God by saying that when they worshiped the queen of heaven - that is, the goddess Ishtar or Astarte, they had plenty of food, were well off, and saw no trouble. 

44:18  Queen of heaven refers to Ishtar, a goddess of war and fertility who was worshiped with explicit sexual activity.  The people reasoned that when they stopped worshiping the queen of heaven in the days of Josiah's reform, their king was killed and their land was overrun and destroyed."

2-  Allah Almighty's Divine Claims in the Glorious Quran:

In Arabic, the Qasam (القسم) is taking an oath or swearing by either Allah Almighty's Holy Name or by His Holy Book, the Glorious Quran.  In the Islamic court, one would take the Qasam when he puts his/her hand on the Glorious Quran to swear that he/she is telling the Truth and nothing but the Truth.

(a)-  Allah Almighty never once made a Qasam (قسم) over any of His creations:

In the Glorious Quran, Allah Almighty never once made a Qasam (قسم) over any of His creations.  The closest He, the Almighty, got to was giving very important emphasis on something and then Say that if He, the Almighty, does not need to swear by it in order to prove how big it is.  The following Noble Verses demonstrate this:

(b)-  Allah Almighty does not like His Holy Name to be sworn by:

Allah Almighty does not like the Muslims to swear by His Holy Name excessively.  It is our intentions and what is in our hearts that counts.  Also, oaths that are taken during times when a person is out of control do not count.

(c)-  Allah Almighty emphasized on a number of His creations using wa (و):

There is a gross misunderstanding by many Muslims and non-Muslims about the wa (و) emphasis that Allah Almighty gave to some of His creations to bring out their importance, significance and mightiness.  They think that Allah Almighty is swearing by them.  This is completely false.  These were not Qasams that Allah Almighty gave.  Let us first look at some of these Noble Verses:

We have already seen how Allah Almighty never gave a Qasam (قسم) to any of His creations.  We've also seen how Allah Almighty doesn't like for His Holy Name to be used in excessive oaths.  What we have here are not Noble Verses of Allah Almighty swearing by some of His creations, but rather, Allah Almighty is emphasizing on the mightiness, significance and importance of these creations.

1-  For Noble Verse 86:1-3 above, Allah Almighty talked about the Pulsars.  These neutron stars give knocking sounds in space, which had been captured by NASA, and their rays pierce or penetrate anything they strike.  Please visit:

2-  For Noble Verse 91:5, Allah Almighty emphasized on the complex structure of the Heavens.  See ample Noble Verses and Miracles in the link.

3-  For Noble Verse 95:1, Allah Almighty emphasized on the importance of the fig and the olive fruits, especially for the people in the desert.

In ample Noble Verses, Allah Almighty emphasized about how He created things and how mighty and important some of His creations are.  He, the Almighty, gave them for us as parables so that we would learn from them.  They were not Qasams that Allah Almighty gave.  They were only highlights to bring to our attention the importance, significance and mightiness of those creations.

Please visit: The ample and overwhelming Scientific Miracles in the Glorious Quran.

3-  But GOD in the Bible never said "I will not swear or make a Qasam (قسم)":

Some might argue that GOD Almighty's Statements in the Bible never included things such as "I will not swear", or "I do not need to swear by such and such" to emphasize on its importance or relevance.  The following points are my response to this:

1-  The Bible is a man-altered and corrupt Book.  It is not and can not be the measuring stick for standards.  Just because something does not exist in the Bible, it doesn't mean that it is false.  This is simply assuming that the Bible is the True Word of GOD Almighty, when in reality, it is a book that is filled with:

2-  The Bible was never concerned about Science (how GOD Almighty Created certain things), and in 90% of the times, when it did talk about science, it got its facts miserably wrong!  The Glorious Quran, on the other hand, talked a great deal about Science (how GOD Almighty Created things), and the Holy Book got, literally, 100% of Its facts correct!  This is no mere bias statement from me.  We have countless Scientific Miracles in the Glorious Quran that clearly and indisputably prove this.

Simply put, the Glorious Quran had many valid reasons to include a certain Language and Style from Allah Almighty, in It, that the current Bible doesn't have.  This is not to say that the original Revelations of the Old Scriptures did not contain Scientific Miracles in them.  But they had all been forever lost, according to the Bible's scholars themselves.  Therefore, we can neither accept the current Bible as the True and Living Word of Allah Almighty, nor judge Islam according to it.  Please visit:

4-  Conclusion:

Allah Almighty never gave a Qasam (قسم) to anything in the Glorious Quran.  He, the Almighty, also doesn't like us to excessively use His Holy Name in our oaths.  And Allah Almighty's emphasis on some of His creations' importance, significance and mightiness weren't Qasams at all in the Glorious Quran.  They are only highlights for us to further investigate them.

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