زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٧٤ - Way of Treating lie

Such person, not only is respected by people, but also enjoysa rank among the martyrs and prophets because in Quran the rank of truthful people is mentioned besides the rank of prophets and martyrs, where it says:.

وَ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَ الرَّسُولَ فَاولئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ انْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ الشُّهَداءِ وَ الصّالِحِينَ وَ حَسُنَ اولئِكَ رَفِيقاً ..

Whosoever obeys God, and the Messenger, they are withthose whom God has blessed, Prophets, the truthful, martyrs, the righteous; good companions they are.. [١]

The famous scholar," Ragheb", in his book," Mofradat" hasnarrated several meanings for" truthful" all proving this fact:

a- One who always says the truth. b- One who never lies. c- One who is truthful in his speech and idea, and his actionproves his truthfulness.

٣- Endeavor for strengthening foundations of belief in God inthe heart of liars and notifying this fact to them that God'spower is beyond all powers, and He is able to solve all problemsfor which weak faith individuals resort to lie.

The reliance point of truthful people when facing differentevents is God, and liars are alone in such cases.

٤- The motives of lie and roots of this moral deviationi ncluding avarice, fear, self- conceit, excessive love and hatredand such like should be eradicated so that this dangerous vicecan not find a favorable culture for its development in man.

٥- The educational and association environments of liarsshould be cleaned from other liars so that gradually, accordingto the principle of" imitation" and impressibility, their own

[١]Womensura (٤) ,verse ٩٦