Truthfulness and Righteousness

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وَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ الأَنْعَامُ

And the Most High said in the chapter The Cattle:

وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدًا أَيْمَانَهُمْ

And they swore by God with the full force of their oaths.

لَئِنْ جَاءَتْهُمْ آيَةٌ لَيُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهَا

If a sign were to come to them, they would surely believe in it.

قُلْ إِنَّمَا الْآيَاتُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ

Say, the signs are only with God.

وَمَا يَشْعُرُكُمْ أَنَّهَا إِذَا جَاءَتْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

And what makes you think that when it comes they will not believe?

وَنَقْلِبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ

And We will turn their hearts and their eyes.

الْآيَةُ وَهَذَا إِسْتِفْهَامٌ نَفْيٌ وَإِنْكَارُ أَيٍّ

The verse: this is the interrogative particle expressing negation and repudiation.

وَمَا يَدْرِيكُمْ أَنَّهَا إِذَا جَاءَتْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

And what makes you certain that when it comes they will not believe?

وَإِنَّا نُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَّا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ

And indeed We will cause their hearts and their sights to turn just as they did not believe in it the first time.

عَلَى قِرَاءَةٍ مَنْ قَرَأَ إِنَّهَا بِالْكَسْرِ

According to the recitation of those who read it, it is pronounced with the short i vowel.

تَكُونُ جَزْمًا بِأَنَّهَا إِذَا جَاءَتْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

It becomes a statement of certainty that when it comes they will not believe.

وَنَقْلِبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَّا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ

And We turn their hearts and their sights just as they did not believe in it the first time.

وَلِهَذَا قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ مِنَ السَّلَفِ كَسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ

For this reason, those among the predecessors, such as Sa'id ibn Jubayr, said:

إِنَّ مِنْ ثَوَّابِ الْحَسَنَةِ الْحَسَنَةُ بُعْدُهَا

Indeed, among the reward for a good deed is the good that follows it.

وَإِنْ مِنْ عُقُوبَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةِ بُعْدُهَا

And indeed, among the punishment for an evil deed is the evil that follows it.

وَقَدْ ثُبِتَ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ

And it has been established in the two Sahih collections from Ibn Mas'ud from the Prophet that he said:

عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ

Be steadfast in truthfulness.

فَإِنَّ الْصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ

For indeed, truthfulness leads to righteousness.

وَإِنَّ الْبَرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ

And indeed, righteousness leads to Paradise.

وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صَدِيقًا

And a man continues to tell the truth and to seek truthfulness until he is recorded with God as a truthful person.

وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ

And beware of lying.

فَإِنَّ الْكِذْبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ

For indeed, lying leads to wickedness.

وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ

And indeed, wickedness leads to the Fire.

وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا

And a man continues to lie and to seek falsehood until he is recorded with God as a liar.

فَأَخْبِرْ النَّبِيَّ أَنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَسْتَلْزِمُ الْبِرَّ

So inform the Prophet that truthfulness entails righteousness.

وَأَنَّ الْكِذْبَ يَسْتَلْزِمُ الْفُجُورَ

And that lying entails wickedness.

وَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى الانْفِطَارَ

And indeed the Exalted said in the chapter The Splitting Open:

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِّي نَعِيمٍ وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِّي جَحِيمٍ

Indeed, the righteous are in bliss, and indeed the wicked are in torment.

وَلِهَذَا كَانَ بِعَضِّ الشُّيُوخِ إِذَا أَمَرَ مُتَّبِعِيهِ بِالتَّوْبَةِ

For this reason, when some of the sheikhs would order their followers to repent,

وَأَحَبَّ أَنْ لَا يَنْفِرَ وَيَتْعَبَ قَلْبُهُ أَمَرَهُ بِالصِّدْقِ

And he preferred that he not drive him away or let his heart grow weary, and he commanded him to be truthful.

وَلِهَذَا يَكْثُرُ فِي كَلاَمِ مَشَايِخِ الدِّينِ وَأَئِمَّتِهِ

For this reason, it is common in the speech of religious sheikhs and its imams.

ذِكْرُ الصِّدْقِ وَالِإِخْلَاصِ

The mention of truthfulness and sincerity.

حَتَّى يَقُولُونَ قُلْ لِمَنْ لَا يَصْدُقُ لَا يَتْبَعُنِي

Until they say, "Say to the one who does not speak truthfully, 'Do not follow me.'"

وَيَقُولُونَ الصِّدْقُ سَيْفُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ

And they say, "Truthfulness is the sword of Allah on the earth."

مَا وُضِعَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِلَّا قَطَعَهُ

There is nothing it is placed on that it does not cut.

وَيَقُولُ يُوسُفُ بْنُ اَسْبَاطِ وَغَيْرُهُ

And Yusuf ibn Asbat and others say:

مَا صَدَّقَ اللَّهُ عَبْدًا إِلَّا صَنَعَ لَهُ وَأَمْثَالُ هَذَا كَثِيرٌ

God does not make any servant truthful except that He does good for him.

وَأَمْثَالٌ هَذَا كَثِيرٌ

And there are many examples like this.