«إِمْسِكِ الْبَاطِلْ لَمَّا يْجِيكِ الْحَق»

The saying addresses the interval before a sound answer is available. Although its opening wording can seem to endorse falsehood, it presents an erroneous position only as something temporary, not as a conviction to defend or a standard for judgment.

Its emphasis falls on readiness to revise oneself. When a truer understanding becomes available, clinging to the earlier error loses its point; the appropriate response is to let the mistaken position go.

Use it when discussing a temporary mistaken judgment made before the facts are clear, especially to stress that someone should not remain attached to that judgment once a sounder understanding is available. It does not endorse falsehood as a principle or a position to uphold.