Page is loading...  31. Envy  Allah, the Wise, has said:  أَمْ
يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلى ماَ آتاَهُمُ اللٌّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ
“Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His
grace?”1  Imam Sadiq (as) has said:  إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَغْبِطُ
وَ لاَ يَحْسِدُ.  “A true believer exults, but never envies.”2
Short Expalantion  Envy stems from blindness of the heart and
rejection of Allah’s grace – the two wings of kufr and
disbelief. An envious person’s evil afflicts him before it can
afflict the envied; just like Iblees, whose evil overtook his
own self and made him the eternally accursed one, whereas Adam
went on to attain the rank of Prophethood.  The balance (of
deeds) of a jealous person is light, thereby making Hell his
abode, whereas the balance (of deeds) of the envied person is
heavy, thereby leading him to Paradise. In view of this, Qabeel,
who had murdered his brother Habeel because of this vice, hurled
himself in Hell while sending his brother to Paradise.  If this
vice penetrates into the