Quran on Truth

Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.

O People of the Scripture! Why confound ye truth with falsehood and knowingly conceal the truth?

And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.

We verily brought the Truth unto you, but ye were, most of you, averse to the Truth.

Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie.

He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak,

I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay him, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse.

Say: Verily those who invent a lie concerning Allah will not succeed.

Verily Allah knoweth those who believe, and verily He knoweth the hypocrites.

And verily We know the eager among you and verily We know the laggards.

Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.

And verily whoso is patient and forgiveth - lo! that, verily, is (of) the steadfast heart of things.

And speak not, concerning that which your own tongues qualify (as clean or unclean), the falsehood: "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so that ye invent a lie against Allah. Lo! those who invent a lie against Allah will not succeed.

Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been sent, and verily We shall question the messengers.

He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!

(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.

Or say they: He hath invented a lie concerning Allah? If Allah willed, He could have sealed thy heart (against them). And Allah will wipe out the lie and will vindicate the truth by His words. Lo! He is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men).

Lo! This verily is the true narrative. There is no God save Allah, and lo! Allah, He verily is, is the Mighty, the Wise.

And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found that which your Lord promised the Truth? They say: Yea, verily. And a crier in between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil-doers,

Say: Is there of your partners (whom ye ascribe unto Allah) one that leadeth to the Truth? Say: Allah leadeth to the Truth. Is He Who leadeth to the Truth more deserving that He should be followed, or he who findeth not the way unless he (himself) be guided. What aileth you? How judge ye?

Lo! verily all that is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's. Lo! verily Allah's promise is true. But most of them know not.

Or say they: There is a madness in him? Nay, but he bringeth them the Truth; and most of them are haters of the Truth.

That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus Allah coineth their similitudes for mankind.

But verily We shall cause those who disbelieve to taste an awful doom, and verily We shall requite them the worst of what they used to do.

Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended. And We have sent thee as naught else save a bearer of good tidings and a warner.

But they verily will bear their own loads and other loads beside their own, and they verily will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection concerning that which they invented.

Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah, or denieth the truth when it cometh unto him? Is not there a home in hell for disbelievers?

And who doth greater wrong than he who telleth a lie against Allah, and denieth the truth when it reacheth him? Will not the home of disbelievers be in hell?

Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.

Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.

And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham

Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful.

Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship,

And verily, if We cause him to taste mercy after some hurt that hath touched him, he will say: This is my own; and I deem not that the Hour will ever rise, and if I am brought back to my Lord, I surely shall be better off with Him - But We verily shall tell those who disbelieve (all) that they did, and We verily shall make them taste hard punishment.

Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.

We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Verily We have coined for mankind in this Qur'an all kinds of similitudes; and indeed if thou camest unto them with a miracle, those who disbelieve would verily exclaim: Ye are but tricksters!

Those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Follow our way (of religion) and we verily will bear your sins (for you). They cannot bear aught of their sins. Lo! they verily are liars.

And those who disbelieved said unto their messengers: Verily we will drive you out from our land, unless ye return to our religion. Then their Lord inspired them, (saying): Verily we shall destroy the wrong-doers,

Those who fled their homes for the cause of Allah and then were slain or died, Allah verily will provide for them a good provision. Lo! Allah, He verily is Best of all who make provision.

And if the Truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and the earth and whosoever is therein had been corrupted. Nay, We have brought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they now turn away.

Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom -

And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron,

Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say:

Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!

Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum

We created you. Will ye then admit the truth?

And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.

It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),

And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;

(Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she plougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark. They said: Now thou bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though almost they did not.

And bring thee the Truth, and lo! we are truth-tellers.

We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the Truth thereby. And they take Our revelations and that wherewith they are threatened as a jest.

Verily He knoweth them and numbereth them with (right) numbering.

Verily We created man from a product of wet earth;

By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn).