And [Allah has ordered the] abandoning of lying as a means...
And [Allah has ordered the] abandoning of lying as a means of honouring the truth. 27ـ وتَرْكَ الكِذْبِ تَشْريفاً لِلصِّدْقِ. A person may lie about himself regarding that which he did not do when he is faced with severe tribulation. 28ـ قَدْ يَكْذِبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ عِنْدَ شِدَّةِ البَلاءِ بِما لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ. Excessive lying leads to slander. 29ـ كَثْرَةُ الكِذْبِ تُوجِبُ الوَقيعَةَ. Excessive lying takes away a person’s prestige. 30ـ كَثْرَةُ كِذْبِ المَرْءِ تُذْهِبُ بَهائَهُ.
Excessive lying corrupts the religion and increases the [burden of] sin. 31ـ كَثْرَةُ الكِذْبِ تُفْسِدُ الدّينَ، وتُعْظِمُ الوِزْرَ. Telling lies is not from the moral teachings of Islam. 32ـ لَيْسَ الكِذْبُ مِنْ خَلائِقِ الإسْلامِ. How repulsive is dishonesty by[^1] the people of virtue! 33ـ ما أقْبَحَ الكِذْبَ بِذَوِى الفَضْلِ. The spoiler of knowledge is dishonesty and the spoiler of seriousness is idle play. 34ـ نَـكَدُ العِلْمِ الكِذْبُ، ونَكَدُ الجِدِّ اللَّعْبُ.
Lying and magnanimity don’t go together. 35ـ لايَجْتَمِعُ الكِذْبُ والمُرُوَّةُ. There is no trait more repulsive than lying. 36ـ لاشيمَةَ أقْبَحُ مِنَ الكِذْبِ. The most prevalent thing [among the people] is lying and treachery. 37ـ أكْثَرُ شَيْء اَلكِذْبُ والخِيانَةُ. [^1]: Or: ...dishonesty to the people of virtue. Previous…
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