If falsity had been pure and unmixed, it would not be hidden from those who are in search of it. And if the truth had been pure without a mixture of falsity, those who bear hatred towards it would have been silenced."
Haka nan idan da gaskiya ta kasance a bayyane ba tare da haduwa da karya ba da an rufe bakin wadanda suke adawa da ita" (Nahjul Balaga, huduba ta 50), wato idan da gaskiya da bata sun fito fili ne a fage, to da babu wani sabani da zai saura; kowa yana son gaskiya, sannan kowa kuma yana kin karya da bata.