240 - التِباسُ الحَقِّ بِالباطِلِ‏

240. The Truth Disguised As Falsehood

(وَلاتَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَ‏بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ) .¹

"And do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know." ²

792.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : فلَو أنَّ الباطلَ خَلَصَ مِن مِزاجِ الحقِّ لَم يَخْفَ علَى المُرتادِينَ ، ولَو أنَّ الحقَّ خَلَصَ مِن لَبْسِ الباطلِ انْقَطَعتْ عنه ألْسُنُ المُعانِدينَ ، ولكنْ يُؤخَذُ مِن هذا ضِغْثٌ ومِن هذا ضِغْثٌ .³

792.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'If falsehood was isolated from being mixed with the truth, it would not be indefinable by those who aspire it; and if the truth was free from being disguised as falsehood, the tongues of its opponents would still be silenced; but it is often made by taking a little from one and a little from the other.' ⁴

793.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كَم مِن ضَلالةٍ زُخْرِفَتْ بآيةٍ مِن كتابِ اللَّهِ كما يُزَخْرَفُ الدِّرْهَمُ النُّحاسُ بالفِضَّةِ المُمَوَّهَةِ!⁵

793.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Many a wrong was glossed with verses from the Book of Allah, just as the copper dirham is plated with silver coating.' ⁶