Lesson twenty eight :Signs of a hypocrite

Imam Sadegh( A. S. )said:

Loghman said to his son:

لِمُنافِقِ ثَلاثُ عَلاماتٍ: يُخَالِفُ لِسانُهُ قَلْبَهُ وَ قَلْبُهُ فِعْلَهُ وَ عَلانِيَتُهُ سَرِيْرَتَهُ‌

Translation

There are three signs for hypocrites: Their tongue is not in concordance with their heart, so is their heart with their deed and their outward with their inward..

Brief description

Hypocrisy is a great pain originating from low personality and weak will. Those who try to show themselves better than what they are actually, their tongue and heart, outward and interior, as well as speech and deed are different. They are weak people who are not so brave to express their real character, neither have sufficient will and decision for correcting themselves. They appear in different faces and are practically treacherous with everybody even themselves. Even more dangerous are the societies having a good looking outward and bad interior. Their tongue which is the same mass media is in contrast with what is going on in the heart of these societies.