One who shows his face [in opposition] to the truth is destroyed.
One who shows his face [in opposition] to the truth is destroyed. 43ـ مَنْ أبْدى صَفْحَتَهُ لِلْحَقِّ هَلَكَ. One who takes the truth as his reins, the people will take him to be their leader. 44ـ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ الحَقَّ لِجاماً اِتَّخَذَهُ النَّاسُ إماماً. Whoever acts upon the truth, the creation incline towards him. 45ـ مَنْ عَمِلَ بِالحَقِّ مالَ إلَيْهِ الخَلْقُ. One who feels ashamed of speaking the truth is really a fool. 46ـ مَنِ اسْتَحْيى مِنْ قَوْلِ الحَقِّ فَهُوَ أحْمَقُ.
One who struggles to establish the truth is granted success [by Allah]. 47ـ مَنْ جاهَدَ عَلى إقامَةِ الحَقِّ وُفِّقَ. One who deviates from the truth, his end is dispraised. 48ـ مَنْ نَكَبَ عَنِ الحَقِّ ذُمَّ عاقِبَتُهُ. Whoever surrenders to the truth and follows the rightful [leader] is [considered to be] among the righteous. 49ـ مَنِ اسْتَسْلَمَ لِلْحَقِّ، وأَطاعَ المُحِقَّ كانَ مِنَ المُحْسِنِينَ.
Whoever makes the truth his goal, difficult things are made easy for him and distant things are brought nearer to him. 50ـ مَنْ جَعَلَ الحَقَّ مَطْلَبَهُ، لانَ لَهُ الشَّديدُ، وقَرُبَ عَلَيْهِ البَعيدُ. Whoever weakens the truth and forsakes it is destroyed by falsehood and killed by it. 51ـ مَنْ أضْعَفَ الحَقَّ وخَذَلَهُ أهْلَكَهُ الباطِلُ وقَتَلَهُ. One whose goal is the truth will attain it, even if he is very uncertain. 52ـ مَنْ كانَ مَقْصَدُهُ الحَقَّ أدْرَكَهُ، ولَوْ كانَ كَثِيرَ اللَّبْسِ.
Whoever opposes the truth, it kills him and whoever tries to overpower it, it humiliates him. 53ـ مَنْ عانَدَ الحَقَّ قَتَلَهُ، ومَنْ تَعَزَّزَ عَلَيْهِ (عَلَى الباطِلِ) ذَلَّلَهُ. Whoever helps the truth, benefits. 54ـ مَنْ نَصَرَ الحَقَّ غَنِمَ. How numerous are those who admit to the truth but do not follow it! 55ـ ما أكْثَرَ مَنْ يَعْتَرِفُ بِالحَقِّ ولا يُطيعُهُ. One who contends with the truth is defeated. 56ـ مُنازِعُ الحَقِّ مَخْصُومٌ. How good a guide truth is!
57ـ نِعْمَ الدَّليلُ الحَقُّ. Do not hold back from presenting the truth when you find those who are worthy of it. 58ـ لاتُمْسِكْ عَنْ إظْهارِ الحَقِّ، إذا وَجَدْتَ لَهُ أهْلاً. Let nothing make you feel at ease but the truth and let nothing make you uneasy except falsehood. 59ـ لا يُؤْنِسَنَّكَ إلاّ الحَقُّ، ولا يُوحِشَنَّكَ إلاّ الباطِلُ. Let not your attention towards the rights of a person [who is close to you] prevent you from establishing justice against him.
60ـ لاتَمْنَعَنَّكُمْ رِعايَةُ الحَقِّ لأحَد عَنْ إقامَةِ الحَقِّ عَلَيْهِ. Falsehood and truth do not go together. 61ـ لا يَجْتَمِعُ الباطِلُ والحَقُّ.
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