زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٦٩ - Lie is not compatible with belief

suspicious. How it is possible for such people to believe in allspeeches of prophets without any doubt and suspicion. So we see in the history that hypocrite, deviated and liar individuals often attributed lying to divine prophets.

The issue of self- comparison is one of the mental conditionsin man, which could serve as the key for solving a lot ofproblems. It is often observed that unusual movements ofcriminal, thief and treacherous individuals acquaint the others. Since they are aware of their own condition, they suppose thesame about the others, and so try to conceal themselves, andsuch unusual movements attract the attention of others.

Lie makes man improvident

A liar supposes that if he does not perform his differentduties, can justify his violation through false excuses. For such person, not being faithful to promise and covenant, not observing time, not performing assigned duties and such like is easy, because he glosses over the issue with a series of false pretexts and saves himself from any rebuke.

But in contrary, one who is bound to observing the principleof" truthfulness and honesty", is obliged to observe such affairsand so can not be improvident and careless.

The liar does not trust even in himself !

The liars not only do not trust in the others and assumethem as themselves, but also do not trust in themselves, because they are suspicious to the reality of everything, including the degree of their ability and power when facing with the problems and different events of life as well as their determination and will power in performing the works.