They said, "Let us swear by God to do away with him and his family during the night then tell his guardian that we did not see how he and his family had been destroyed, and we shall be telling the truth."
آنها گفتند: «بیایید قسم یاد کنید به خدا که بر او [= صالح‌] و خانواده اش شبیخون می زنیم (و آنها را به قتل می‌رسانیم؛) سپس به ولیّ دم او می‌گوییم: ما هرگز از هلاکت خانواده او خبر نداشتیم و در این گفتار خود صادق هستیم!»