Mentiras

Do not lie to me. I can tolerate many, many character flaws in people, but lying is just not one of them. Lying is a sin. Liar, do not knock on my door. Do not dial my phone number. Do not look at my face with a guise of innocence and try to use me. No more! No more lies!


God Almighty is the revealer of all truths, if not in this life, then in the next. Why do you feel the need to continue to fabricate, embellish, exaggerate, and fool? Do you not know that you will stand before your Lord one day and all will be revealed? All of your wrongs will be in plain view, and no one will be there to account for your deeds except for you, naked, cold, exposed, and alone.


There is a sickness in many--a sickness that can infiltrate the very core of the soul, allowing it to create false realities and actually believe them. Your living in a false reality, displaying to the world what you want it to see, and sadly, succeeding in convincing others that your reality is the truth, is not infallible. One day, and it may be a long time from now, all will come crashing down around you with enormous force, shattering your alternate reality and demonstrating your true character. So please, go, continue to live in this false world, this world you have created from smoke and mirrors and the illusions of your illness. Carry on, live it, breathe it, convince others and suck them in. You have the traits of a hypocrite; do you not know them?


Bukhari and Muslim have related the hadith: "The signs of the hypocrite are three: When he speaks he lies, when he promises he does not fulfill it, and when he is entrusted with something he is treacherous." Muslim adds in his narration, "...even if he fasts and prays and insists he is a Muslim."


Oh Muslim, continue to fast and pray and insist on your innocence, on your self-righteousness, on your constant solicitation of pity from those who are pious (or from the ones left who have not grown tired, exhausted from your endless trickery); go through the motions while insisting on dragging others down into your dark hole of lies. I will remain quiet and let you do this; it is not my place to expose you. Again, Allah is the revealer of all truths, and you cannot hide from your Lord.


Even if you stab me in the back a thousand times, your lies really cannot hurt me. I know where I stand; I am confident in my stance. I am not a liar, I do not wish to deceive the ones I love or the ones I profess to love. If I love them, they know it; if I do not, they know it. Hypocrisy is like leprosy, and sooner or later the ones who rallied around you, who held you up, time and time and time again, will disappear. No one wants to keep the company of a leper. No one wants your disease of untruths.


Do not lie to me. Do not lie to yourself.