Note 481 — TALE OF NÚR AL-DÍN ALÍ & HIS SON BADR AL-DÍN HASAN (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
A popular phrase, derived from the Koranic "Truth is come, and falsehood is vanished: for falsehood is of short continuance" (chapt. xvii.). It is an equivalent of our adaptation from 1 Esdras iv. 41, "Magna est veritas et prævalebit." But the great question still remains, What is Truth?