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IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[19:26]
Eat, then, and drink, and let thine eye be gladdened! And if thou shouldst see any human being, convey this unto him: ‘Behold, abstinence from speech have I vowed unto the Most Gracious; hence, I may not speak today to any mortal.’"

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* v.26 : Lit., “say” – but since actual speech would contradict what follows, the “saying” implies here a communication by gestures.
* In its primary sense, the term sawm denotes “abstinence” or “self-denial”; in the present context it is synonymous with samt (“abstinence from speech”); in fact – as pointed out by Zamakhsharī – the latter term is said to have figured in the Qur’ān-copy belonging to ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd (possibly as a marginal, explanatory notation).