“By God’s justice what is meant is that He does not leave the merits and capacities of any existent unattended to and hanging in the air, as it were. On the contrary he gives to everything its due. By God’s wisdom what is meant is that God’s creation and design is the best possible. ”…
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His envy does not harm the person…
His envy does not harm the person of whom he is envious. It does not make him lose any of the favors and merits either. SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)
There are numerous causes of hasad…
There are numerous causes of hasad, and the main among them, as opposed to kibr, are products of a feeling of one’s inferiority. In the same way as a person contemplating his own merits considers others to lack them, with a sense of elation, exultation, and rebelliousness overcoming him; in the same manner when someone…
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There are some who consider the capacity…
There are some who consider the capacity for idle talk and vulgar jokes as virtues, and they feel jealous of those skilled at them. Therefore, the criterion for identifying this psychic disease is the imagined existence of merits and the suspected presence of accomplishments in the mind of the afflicted person, not the real presence…
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Sometimes it is also true that certain attributes…
Sometimes it is also true that certain attributes, which are a defect in a human being but are bestial accomplishments are envied by the envious man on account of the significance that he attaches to such qualities. He sees them as merits on account of his animal state, and desires that the other man should…
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