Indication and Note
We see that at the present time there is only the space of a finger between truthfulness and lying. Both are sold in the same market. Each age has its ruling ethos. At no time has the distance between truthfulness and lying been so great as it was in the Era of Bliss. Since truthfulness displayed its true beauty in all its glory, it raised Muhammad (UWBP), who adhered to it, to the highest of the high and was the cause of a mighty revolution in the world. It raised its market value by showing that it was as distant from lying as the East is from the West and it made itself highly sought after and in demand. [^9] As for lying, since it drained its great undertakings of life, like carrion or corpses, it displayed its despicable ugliness, and casting down Musaylima and his likes to the lowest of the low since they became addicted to it, rendered inactive the market for its poisonous wares and made it stagnant. [^10]
[^9]:Like liberty now. (Author)
[^10]:Like loathsome spying. (Author)
True to their character, with their powerful self-esteem and penchant for boasting, the Arab people competed with each other to increase demand, and abandoned that stagnant lying. Acquiring beauty through practising that sought-after truthfulness, they caused the world to accept their justice. The Companions' reasoned justice arose from this point.
Guidance and Indication
Considered from the point of view of history and the books of biography, the facts that from the age of four until forty when the natural passions are vigorous and intense and any character traits become evident, the Prophet (UWBP) lived with complete rectitude and perfect steadfastness and regularity, and total balance and perfect chastity, with none of his actions remaining secret and displaying not the slightest hint of trickery in the face of his most obdurate enemies. Then consider the supreme revolution he brought about after the age of forty when habitual conduct and morals have become ingrained and permanent, if one doesn't affirm that that