The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 · Richard Francis Burton translation

Note 103
The Tale of the Prince and the Ogress.

The formula of quoting from the Koran.

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…ted and making sure of his own death, piddled in his clothes and said to himself, "This promiseth badly;" but he fortified his heart, and cried, "O Ifrit, Allah hath said[FN#103]:—Perform your covenant; for the performance of your covenant shall be inquired into hereafter. Thou hast made a vow to me and hast sworn an oath not to play me false lest Allah play thee false, for verily he is a jealous God who respiteth the sinner, …

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