Title: Taking a False Oath of the Holy Qur'an Question: My Question is if anyone in case of terrible problem or improper condition where he/she found himself/herself very miserable take false oath or swear of Holy Quran which is the biggest sin I know but is there any term in Islam which prevent him/her from the anger of God? Please send me reply as soon as possible. Nadia Afzal Pakistan Answer: Taking a false oath, as you have stated is an extremely big sin. The person guilty of such a sin must sincerely repent, seek God's forgiveness and make a strong commitment of never to repeat such a heinous sin. According to the Qur'an, a person guilty of making a false pledge should feed or clothe ten destitute people or free a slave [1] or fast for three days as an atonement for his/her sin. Even though a pledge is different from an oath, yet because each of them relate to a false statement while under a vow, therefore, I would also recommend that the person guilty of making a false statement under oath should also offer the reparation prescribed for breaking a pledge. However, it should be remembered that if a false statement of a person has unjustly deprived another person of any of his moral and/or legal rights, then, in addition to the foregoing, the person will also have to return the right to where it was due. In case the person is no longer in a position to recompense the deprived then he shall have to seek forgiveness from the deprived or, in case of his absence or death, from his heirs. It should be remembered that if a person has knowingly and intentionally avoided to make amends for having unjustly deprived another person from his rights, then he shall have to pay in full all such rights on the Day of Judgment. All acts of seeking forgiveness from the Almighty and all acts of atonements shall fall short of achieving their objective if the person is not willing to compensate the deprived for his rights, while he has the chance to do so, during the life of this world. I hope this helps. Regards, Moiz Amjad January 2, 2003 [1] The provision of freeing slaves as reparation for various sins was kept as a means of leading the society in the direction towards abolishing the institute of slavery. Under the present circumstances where most of the world societies have been freed of this grave crime against humanity, this provision shall obviously not apply.