So let the human being see from what he was created.
Translation endnotes
[86:5] Those who are not familiar with the function of oaths question the wisdom of God "swearing" to convince His audience. The Quran uses oaths to pull our attention to a particular object, concept or relationship. We could translate all oaths by starting with "I pull your attention to:…." When we utter an oath we make God our witness. This testimony could work for us or against us depending on how accurate our position is. Thus, our use of God's name in our oaths has no bearing in proving our assertion or negation. We refer to oaths to persuade our audience by using our apparent relationship with God as concideration for contracts. If we are lying, our oath only increases the magnitude of our lie and thus increases our responsibility. The Quranic oaths, however, are not used to convince us; but to make us think. When God uses His creatures in His oaths, He pulls our attention to the signs in nature and scripture to encourage us and invite us to be rational, consistent, and logical. The Quran reminds us consistently that the God who authored the ayat (signs) of the book is the same God who created the ayat (signs) of the physical universe; both are products of the same God and share the same characteristics. Besides this important reminder, the objects, events and concepts used in oaths prepare our mind for the upcoming issues or theses; they provide aesthetic and semantic mental pictures and reference points. For instance, do the above oaths pull our attention to the ten-based and digital number systems? Is there a relationship between the fourth verse and 74:33? See 56:75; 69:38; 70:40; 75:1,2; 77:1-7; 79:1-5; 81:15-19; 84:16; 85:1-3; 86:1,11-13; 90:1; 91:1-8; 92:1-4; 93:1-3; 95:1-4; 100:1-6; 103:2.