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How Liars Speak and Behave
these negative characteristics can actually give liars away. In
the Qur'an, Allah tells us how to recognize two-faced people
from their words and facial expressions:
If We wished, We would show them to you and you
would know them by their mark and know them by
their ambivalent speech. Allah knows your actions.
(Surah Muhammad, 47:30)
Liars do not trust those around them, which means that
they do not regard them as their true friends and associates.
Since they live among people from whom they feel alienated
and toward whom they feel no attachment, and because they
fear that their lies will be exposed, they do not act comfortably
and naturally. Their speech, voice, and posture are carefully
controlled. Due to their state of continual tension, their voices
are weak and their eyes are narrow. They regard the people
around them with nervousness. And, their facial expressions
and body language clearly reveal their insincerity, untrustwor-
thiness, and discontent.
While habitual liars may sometimes appear extremely
calm, many people become nervous when they lie. For exam-
ple, their hands sweat, they display uncomfortable behavior,
and they are not calm and tranquil like the believers. When
they are lying, their eyes are shifty and they cannot look into
your eyes. In crowded places, they try to hide behind others.
They are nervous because their eyes will give them away and
their lies will be discovered.
In the Qur'an, Allah states that insincere people try to con-
ceal themselves in this way:
See how they wrap themselves around, trying to con-
ceal their feelings from Him! No, indeed! When they
wrap their garments around themselves, He knows

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