hadith
1179
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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah has refused to present falsehood as a certain truth, and He has refused to present the truth to the heart of a believer as a certain falsehood; He has also refused to present falsehood to the heart of a disbeliever as a certain truth. And had he not done thus, the truth would never be distinguished from falsehood.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أبَى اللّهُ أنْ يُعَرِّفَ باطلاً حقّاً، أبَى اللّهُ أنْ يجْعَلَ الحقَّ في قلبِ المؤمنِ باطلاً لا شكَّ فيهِ، وأبَى اللّهُ أنْ يَجعَلَ الباطلَ في قلبِ الكافرِ المُخالِفِ حقّاً لا شَكَّ فيهِ، ولَو لَم يَجْعَلْ هذا هكذا ما عُرِفَ حقٌّ مِن باطلٍ .
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #1180 Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The heart can never ascertain that the truth is falsehood, nor can it ever ascertain that falsehood is the truth.