Note 239 — ABU MOHAMMED HIGHT LAZYBONES.
Richard Francis Burton translation
Easy enough for an Englishman to avoid saying “by God,” but this common incident in Moslem folk-lore appeals to the peoples who are constantly using the word Allah Wallah, Billah, etc. The Koran expressly says, “Make not Allah the scope (object, lit. arrow-butt) of your oaths” (chapt. ii. 224); yet the command is broken every minute.