Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 402
! ! 402 girl she was visiting], “This is the banker’s daughter. ” The neighbor asked , “ [You think that] she is a banker’s daughter? She is the daughter of the dyer who lives next to us. ” Thus, this whole spectacle was arranged, so that they would appear wealthy before each other. Therefore , God Almighty tells us in Holy Qur’ān : § َو ا :َِّ ۡﻳ َﻦ َﻻ 'َ ۡﺸ َﻬ ُﺪ ۡو َن ا ﻟ ُّﺰ ۡو َر [ “ And those who bear not false witness ” ] (Holy Qur’ān, Ch. 25 : V. 73) The true believer always stays away from falsehood. If a true believer discovers that someone has lied, he will end his friendship with such a person and will cut all ties with him. A lthough t his teaching is for men as well, it is addressed mainly to women. It is for this reason that the promise to refrain from telling falsehoods has been added to the conditions of Bai ‘ at. Earlier , the wordings of the pledge were , ‘ I will give pre ce dence to my religion over [ all ] worldly endeavors ,’ but now ‘I shall not lie’ has been added. Therefore , you should commit yourself never to tell a lie. [To refrain from] l ying does not mean that you must tell everyone all your secret s. For example, if a thief’s wife comes to you to discover where you hide your valuables , you can tell her to leave your home, that you will reveal nothing. This is not lying. However, it would be lying if you hide your valuables in one place and then tell her that they are in another place. Thus , today every Ahmadi woman should sit up and listen. This promise [not to lie] is included within her pledge and if she lies, she will find herself having broken the pledge of allegiance. ِﻛ َﺮ ا ًﻣ ﺎ َﻣ ُّﺮ ۡو ا ِﺑ ﺎ ﻟ َّﻠ ۡﻐ ِﻮ َﻣ ُّﺮ ۡو ا ِا َذ ا َو “ …and when they pass by anything vain, they pass on with dignit y … ” ( Holy Qur’ ā n Ch. 25 : V. 73 ) [This verse] mentions another attribute of a believer, which is