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... Have done with the defilement of idols and with telling lies. (Surat al-
Hajj: 30)
He also reveals that turning the truth upside down and lying brings

evil and satan's friendship:
Shall I tell you upon whom the demons descend? They descend on every
evil liar. They give them a hearing, and most of them are liars. (Surat
ash-Shu'ara': 221-223)
As Allah reveals with "Cursed be the liars" (Surat adh-Dhariyat:
10), Muslim women know that Allah disapproves of lying and so refrain
from it. Aware that all of their words will confront them in the Hereafter,
believing women speak only words of goodness, which will be reward-
ed with Allah's grace and mercy.
Lies, which will bring great loss in the Hereafter, bring no benefit in
this world either. As they always lead to psychological and material loss,
hypocritical and insincere people reflect their true nature on their faces.
Admitting to themselves that they are dishonest and insincere, they lose
their self-respect and the respect for those whom they deceive.
Nevertheless, they believe that others do not perceive their insincerity

and so develop a superiority complex toward them. But such behavior
leads to a major difficulty: One is forced to develop more and more elab-
orate lies to conceal the truth, and therefore lives with the constant fear
of being exposed. Allah will expose their insincerity and lies either in
this world or the next.
On the other hand, telling the truth is superior and dignifying.
Allah reveals the difference between good words and corrupt words in
the following example:
Do you not see how Allah makes a metaphor of a good word: a good tree
whose roots are firm and whose branches are in heaven? It bears fruit
regularly by its Lord's permission. Allah makes metaphors for people so
that, hopefully, they will pay heed. The metaphor of a corrupt word is

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)