قَالُواْ

تَقَاسَمُواْ

بِٱللَّهِ

لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ

وَأَهۡلَهُۥ

ثُمَّ

لَنَقُولَنَّ

لِوَلِيِّهِۦ

مَا

شَهِدۡنَا

مَهۡلِكَ

أَهۡلِهِۦ

وَإِنَّا

لَصَٰدِقُونَ

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They said: "Swear to one another in the name of Allah that we shall make a sudden night swoop on Salih and his family and will then tell their heirs¹ that we did not witness the destruction of his family. We are indeed truthful."²