Allah’s Swearing…

The first time I read the Qu’ran and noticed that Allah sweared by lots and lots of things in creation. This struck me as odd. All I could think of was Hebrews 6:16 where it says “People swear by someone GREATER than themselves…”

However, David Wood points out that this problem actually shows an inconsistency between the Qur’an and the claims of the hadith:

Ibn Umar heard a man swearing: No, I swear by the Ka’bah. Ibn Umar said to him: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: He who swears by anyone but Allah is polytheist [he has committed an act of shirk]. – Sunan Abi Dawud 3251