Friday, September 29, 2017

From The Punishment of the Envious:To See Your Blessings Increase



Ibnul-Jawzi said:

“It is not proper that you should desire a punishment for the one who envies you beyond that (punishment) which he is already in. For indeed he is within a terrible perpetual affair. He will not be pleased until your blessing is removed and the more it (your blessing) increases the more his punishment increases; thus he has no life. The people of Paradise do not have a goodly life until envy and rancor is removed from their hearts. If it were not removed they would envy one another and their lives would be miserable.


Source: Sayd Al-Khatir, pg. 362

Translated by Raha Batts

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