Similarly, His Almighty's saying in Surat al-Tawbah:

{Never stand [to pray] in it. A mosque founded on righteousness from the first day is more worthy for you to stand in. Within it are men who love to purify themselves; and God loves those who purify themselves. Then is he who laid the foundation of his building on righteousness from God and [His] approval better or he who laid the foundation of his building on the edge of a failing cliff so that it collapsed with him into the fire of Hell? And God does not guide the wrongdoing people.} (At-Tawbah: 108-109).

They have clarified the truth for us by affirming the esoteric (Batin) and annulling the exoteric (Zahir) through their indications, symbols, allusions, explicit statements, and interpretations using firm, decisive words and clear, profound proofs. This is so that we may bear witness to the truth they clarified and believe in it and profess it as religion, as He Almighty commanded in Surat an-Nisa:

{O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for God, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, God is more worthy of both. So follow not desire, lest you not be just. And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse [to give it], then indeed God is ever, of what you do, Aware.} (An-Nisa: 135).

Its meaning is: Bear witness to the saying of whoever speaks their words, witnessing to the truth even if it be against yourselves—meaning,