“Nifaq and double-facedness, besides being an abominable, ignoble and vicious quality itself, which no decent person would like to adopt and whose possessor is not only excluded from the human category, but cannot be likened to any of the beasts as well, it is a cause of humiliation and ignominy in this world in front…
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Sometimes one practices Nifaq in relation…
“Sometimes one practices Nifaq in relation to the religion of God, sometimes with respect to virtues, sometimes in regard to righteous deeds and holy rites, and sometimes in ordinary matters of day-to-day life and common civilities. Also, sometimes one may act with Nifaq with respect to the Prophet (S) or the Imams (A), and sometimes…
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If man does not try to guard…
“If man does not try to guard himself from this vice [Nifaq], socially, his intercourse and relations with others will become tainted with the vice of duplicity, dissemblance and hypocrisy. He will have no other objective except his own personal benefit and no goal except self-aggrandizement. Having trampled upon all the values of truthfulness, sincerity,…
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If man does not try to guard himself…
“If man does not try to guard himself from this vice [Nifaq] and allows his carnal self to act according to its wishes, within a short time all the means of control will be so thoroughly gone that all his labors and efforts will be put into the service of this vice. With whomever he…
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Like other vices and virtues…
“Like other vices and virtues, there are different degrees and stages of intensity and weakness of Nifaq. In the case of any vice, if one does not take steps to cure it and does not persevere in the course of its treatment, it would lead him towards its extreme degrees, for there is no limit…
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