And the shaykh, imam, erudite scholar, exemplary guide, man of spiritual insight, jurist, hadith master, ascetic, worshipper, spiritual wayfarer, devout servant, mufti to the various groups, pillar of the Sharia, scholar of his age, peerless figure of his time, interpreter of the Quran, heir to the prophets, last of the jurists qualified for independent legal reasoning, Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-Abbās Ahmad ibn Abd al-Halīm ibn Abd al-Salām ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrānī—may Allah envelop him in His mercy—said:

Section: Oaths in the Quran

He, glorified is He, swears by certain things to affirm others. He swears only by His holy Self, characterized by His attributes, or by His signs, which necessarily point to His essence and attributes. His swearing by certain created things indicates that they are among His mighty signs.