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Purification of the soul Sincerity

There is no deed more beautiful than truthfulness. We learn from the traditions that its weight is very heavy on the judgment scale because it is one of the best attributes of the saints. Qura’n also considers this to be one of the keys for Paradise. Verse 119 of Surah Maidah says:

“This is the day in which the truthful will profit from their truth; for them are the gardens under which the rivers flow and they will stay there forever.” (1)

It is clear that refer to speaking the truth in this world. The truthfulness in belief, speech and deeds are each a proof of complete piety or else there is no commandment for truthfulness in the hereafter and it will be of no benefit there. The conditions on that day will be such that there will be no other choice but to speak the truth. Even the sinners who will deny it for a time will soon accept it and know that their attempt is futile. They will then accept all their sins.

We also learn from this des c r i p tion that all pious deeds can be shortened to truth and this is proven with a little logic because the sins revert to what Islam declares as falsehood. When a person truly accepts a doctrine or a system of laws then how could he do things contrary to it?

The importance of truthfulness is also because it is a means of testing people. There is a hadith from the Messenger in which he says:

“ Do not look at their daily prayers, Hajj, good deeds and their worship through out the nights but look at the truthfulness of their speech and their fulfillment of trust.(2)

There is another hadith in which the Messenger said:

“Truthfulness takes you to goodness and it in turn to Paradise.” (3)

So truthfulness is one of the keys of Paradise.

 


 

1. In this verse the word “Yom” describes the word Haza and the word “Yanfa’” is attached to it.
2. Behar-ol-Anwar vol.68 page 9 hadith 13
3. Muhajjatol Baiza vol.8 page 140

 

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