[2396] This is another of their devious machinations: once they feign that they were in a hurry for it only to show that they could not care less for it, being in total denial of it, and once they pretend to be candidly inquiring about it hoping to soften the Messenger (ﷺ) to give them an answer to their liking (cf. al-Rāzī, Ibn ʿĀshūr). Thus they received the definitely affirmative answer; a rare oath (only occurring thrice in the Qur’an (cf. also: 34: 3 and 64: 7)) by the most Noble Messenger (ﷺ).