Misfortune of Envy
Numerousmisfortunesandcalamitiesare originatedfrom envy.The
enviousmaybeinflictedbyceaselessgriefandsorrowbecausetheysuf-
ferifanyamenityisgrantedtoamortal.God’samenities,however,are
incessant.Thus,the enviousare in continualregret. Consequently, this
willaffectthe physicalhealth.Ibnul-Mutazsays,“Envyistheepidemic
ofthebody.”Aspiritualistsays,“Ihaveneverseen suchwrongpeople
who are as same as the wronged. They consider the amenity as their
calamity.”TheenviousaretherejectersofGod’sact.Inmostcases,this
mayleadthemtoatheismanddisbelief.Accordingly, theProphetsaid,
“Envy consumes the good deeds like fire when consumes wood.”
Thereductionin thesocialranksof theenviousisone ofthe misfor-
tunesinvolved.Peopleusuallyabandontheenvious,sincetheycausethe
rupture of relations in addition to other defects, such as fabrication,
backbiting, tattling, perfidy, treason, calumny,killing, and larceny be-
sides other sins and evil-doings.