قال «ريكي جيرفيه» في العرض الأول لفيلمه «اختراع الكذب»: «عالم بلا أكاذيب سيكون عالماً رهيباً، وعالم بدون أكاذيب سيكون عالماً بدون خيال».
فحياتنا اليومية مليئة بكل أنواع الأكاذيب، وهناك الكذبة البيضاء الصغيرة التي نقوم بها للابتعاد عن المشاكل، وهناك شبكة من الأكاذيب التي يتشابك فيها الناس في بعض الأحيان، وقد يتلاسنون ويتماسكون بسببها بالأيادي، سواءً كانوا زملاء أو شركاء أو أصدقاء أو أحبة.
ونحن دائماً ما نقول عن الشخص غير الملتزم الذي يتخلّف دائماً عن مواعيده ويكذب فيها، لديه (مواعيد عرقوب)، فهل تعرفون من هو عرقوب ولماذا اقترن اسمه لدى العرب بالكذب والمراوغة؟!
عرقوب هذا أنا مُتأكدة أنه الأخ الأكبر لإنسانة أعرفها، مراوغة وكذابة وفيها من نفس خصاله سبحان الله، فقد كان (عرقوب) إذا أتاه شخص يسأله في أمر ليعطيه، يكذب عليه في المواعيد.
وإذا سأله الشخص عن شيء وعده عرقوب بذلك حتى يطلع النخل، وعندما يطلع النخل يأتيه الرجل على الموعد الذي ضربه له، فيكذب عليه بموعد جديد، وهو حتى أن يبلح النخل!
ولما يبلح النخل يأتي الرجل فيخترع له موعداً جديداً، ويقول لسائله المسكين: إذا أزهى النخل!
ولما يعود إليه إذا أزهى النخل، يقول له: عد إذا رطب النخل، وإذا رطب النخل واعده إذا أثمر النخل!
ويظل هكذا (يُماطل) سائله ويكذب في كل مواعيده ووعوده، ولا يعطي أحداً أي شيء، لذا أصبح عند العرب عرقوب الكذوب.
وبما أن الكذب بالكذب يُذكر؛ هو ليس بعيداً عن رجل كان يبالغ في كلامه بشدّه، ودائماً يكذب ويقول ما ليس حقيقياً في أي مجلس ومع أصدقائه، وكان ذلك الطبع السيئ يغضب الناس منه ويغيظهم ويشعرهم بالنفور من (خشّته).
فأراد يوماً أن يعالج هذا الداء القبيح فاشتكى إلى أحد أصدقائه المقربين، فقال له صديقه: سأجعل بيني وبينك كلمة سر، وسوف أقول لك (إحم) إذا لاحظت أنك تبالغ في الكلام، فتنتبه أنت على الفور وتمتنع عن المبالغة والكذب وتتوقف، فوافق الرجُل على الفور.
وفي يوم من الأيام اجتمع هذا الرجل مع بعض الناس فقال لهم: إنني قد بنيت مسجداً كبيراً طوله عشرة آلاف متر، فقال صديقه: (إحم)، وقاطعه رجل آخر وقال له بتعجب:
(يا الكذوب) عشرة آلاف متر وكم كان عرضه؟!، فرد عليه الرجل الكذاب وقال: متر واحد هو عرضه!
فتعجب الناس وقالوا له: ما هذا يا رجل؟ قل لنا لماذا جعلته ضيقاً إلى هذا الحد وأنت تزعم أن طوله عشرة آلاف متر؟
وهُنا التفت الرجل إلى صديقه وقال له بغيظ شديد: والآن ماذا أفعل يا (فالح)؟! الله يضيقها على من ضيقها علينا، ثم غادر المكان وهو يجر أذيال الخيبة والإحراج.
أذكر في الماضي كانوا يقولون لنا: «عندما تكذب يطول أنفك» وما أكثر ما وضعت يدي على أنفي لأتحسّسه، ولكن وعلى كل حال؛ ما يستفاد من هذا المقال لن يفهمه إلا اللبيب صدقوني، وفي عُرفي اللبيبُ (بالمقالة) يفهمُ.
(إحم، إحم) !
تابع قناة عكاظ على الواتساب
Ricky Gervais said in the premiere of his film "The Invention of Lying": "A world without lies would be a terrible world, and a world without lies would be a world without imagination."
Our daily lives are filled with all kinds of lies, from the little white lies we tell to avoid trouble, to the web of lies that people sometimes get entangled in, leading to arguments and even physical confrontations, whether they are colleagues, partners, friends, or loved ones.
We often refer to the unreliable person who is always late and lies about it as having "the appointments of Arqoub." Do you know who Arqoub is and why his name is associated with lying and evasion among Arabs?!
This Arqoub, I am sure, is the older brother of someone I know, who is evasive and a liar, and she shares some of his traits, Subhanallah. Arqoub would lie about appointments when someone came to him asking for something.
If someone asked him about something, Arqoub would promise them it would be ready when the dates ripen, and when the dates ripen, the man would come at the appointed time, only for Arqoub to lie again with a new date, even before the dates had ripened!
When the dates ripened, the man would come and Arqoub would invent a new date, telling the poor inquirer: "When the dates bloom!"
And when the man returned when the dates bloomed, Arqoub would say: "Come back when the dates are ripe," and when the dates were ripe, he would promise him to come back when the dates bear fruit!
He would keep stalling his inquirer, lying about all his appointments and promises, giving nothing to anyone, which is why Arqoub became synonymous with lying among Arabs.
And since lying reminds one of another liar, it is not far from a man who exaggerated his speech, always lying and saying things that were not true in any gathering with his friends. This bad trait would anger people and irritate them, making them feel repulsed by his "rudeness."
One day, he wanted to cure this ugly disease, so he complained to one of his close friends, who said to him: "I will set a password between us, and I will say 'Ahem' if I notice you exaggerating in your speech, so you can pay attention immediately and refrain from exaggeration and lying." The man agreed right away.
One day, this man gathered with some people and said to them: "I have built a huge mosque that is ten thousand meters long." His friend said: "Ahem," and another man interrupted him, saying in astonishment:
"You liar! Ten thousand meters? How wide is it?!" The lying man replied: "One meter wide!"
The people were astonished and said to him: "What is this, man? Tell us why you made it so narrow while claiming it is ten thousand meters long?"
At this point, the man turned to his friend and said with great annoyance: "And now what do I do, O 'Fahlik'? May God make it narrow for those who made it narrow for us," and then he left the place, dragging his tail of disappointment and embarrassment.
I remember in the past they used to tell us: "When you lie, your nose grows long," and how many times I put my hand on my nose to feel it. But in any case, what can be learned from this article will only be understood by the wise, believe me, and in my view, the wise understands (the article).
(Ahem, Ahem)!
Our daily lives are filled with all kinds of lies, from the little white lies we tell to avoid trouble, to the web of lies that people sometimes get entangled in, leading to arguments and even physical confrontations, whether they are colleagues, partners, friends, or loved ones.
We often refer to the unreliable person who is always late and lies about it as having "the appointments of Arqoub." Do you know who Arqoub is and why his name is associated with lying and evasion among Arabs?!
This Arqoub, I am sure, is the older brother of someone I know, who is evasive and a liar, and she shares some of his traits, Subhanallah. Arqoub would lie about appointments when someone came to him asking for something.
If someone asked him about something, Arqoub would promise them it would be ready when the dates ripen, and when the dates ripen, the man would come at the appointed time, only for Arqoub to lie again with a new date, even before the dates had ripened!
When the dates ripened, the man would come and Arqoub would invent a new date, telling the poor inquirer: "When the dates bloom!"
And when the man returned when the dates bloomed, Arqoub would say: "Come back when the dates are ripe," and when the dates were ripe, he would promise him to come back when the dates bear fruit!
He would keep stalling his inquirer, lying about all his appointments and promises, giving nothing to anyone, which is why Arqoub became synonymous with lying among Arabs.
And since lying reminds one of another liar, it is not far from a man who exaggerated his speech, always lying and saying things that were not true in any gathering with his friends. This bad trait would anger people and irritate them, making them feel repulsed by his "rudeness."
One day, he wanted to cure this ugly disease, so he complained to one of his close friends, who said to him: "I will set a password between us, and I will say 'Ahem' if I notice you exaggerating in your speech, so you can pay attention immediately and refrain from exaggeration and lying." The man agreed right away.
One day, this man gathered with some people and said to them: "I have built a huge mosque that is ten thousand meters long." His friend said: "Ahem," and another man interrupted him, saying in astonishment:
"You liar! Ten thousand meters? How wide is it?!" The lying man replied: "One meter wide!"
The people were astonished and said to him: "What is this, man? Tell us why you made it so narrow while claiming it is ten thousand meters long?"
At this point, the man turned to his friend and said with great annoyance: "And now what do I do, O 'Fahlik'? May God make it narrow for those who made it narrow for us," and then he left the place, dragging his tail of disappointment and embarrassment.
I remember in the past they used to tell us: "When you lie, your nose grows long," and how many times I put my hand on my nose to feel it. But in any case, what can be learned from this article will only be understood by the wise, believe me, and in my view, the wise understands (the article).
(Ahem, Ahem)!
