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 heirs that we did not witness the destruction of his family. We are indeed truthful."
(با هم) گفتند: «با همدیگر به خدا سوگند یاد کنید که حتماً به او [:صالح] و کسانش شبیخون زنیم. سپس بی‌چون به ولیِّ (دم و وارث) او همی خواهیم گفت: ما در محلّ هلاکت اهلش [:صالحیان] حاضر نبودیم. و به‌راستی ما همواره راستگویانیم.»