35:42 wa aqsamuu bil-laahi jahda aymaanihim lain jaa-ahum nadhiyrul la yakuunun-na ahdaa min iHdal umam* falam-maa jaa-ahum nadhiyrum maa zaadahum il-laa nufuuraa
Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And they swore by Allah most vehemently
in their oaths, that if a Herald of Warning came to them, they would be
more upon guidance than any other group; then when a Herald of Warning
did come to them, he increased nothing in them except hatred.
Yusuf Ali:
They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came to them, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the Peoples: But when a warner came to them, it has only increased their flight (from righteousness),-
Pickthal:
And they swore by Allah, their most binding oath, that if a warner came unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations; yet, when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save repugnance,
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