Page 91 - What the Qur'an Says about Liars and Their Methods

The Solution to Lying—Not Wishing to Displease Allah
ting. But evil plotting envelops only those who do it.
Do they expect anything but the pattern of previous
peoples? You will not find any changing in the pat-
tern of Allah. You will not find any alteration in the
pattern of Allah. (Surah Fatir, 35:43)
There is only one way for a person to abandon lying and
all forms of immorality: heeding Allah, believing in the
Hereafter, and fearing the punishment of Hell. Allah tells us
about this truth: "… You can only warn those who fear their
Lord in the Unseen and perform prayer. Whoever is purified,
is purified for himself alone. Allah is your final destination."
(Surah Fatir, 35:18)
In addition, people should expose lies on every occasion
and avoid any silent complicity with those who lie by pretend-
ing to believe them. Rather, they should make the people
admit their lies by not remaining silent, for if they do not so,
the liars will take pride in the "fact" that he has "deceived"
them and will not abandon his bad behavior.
In order to truly abandon lying, people should consider
the real state of those to whom they are talking, for lies are told
to earn respect or personal advantage. When people under-
stand that everyone is a powerless servant of Allah and that
only gaining His good pleasure—as opposed to that of oth-
ers—is important, there is no longer any reason to lie.

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