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In light of the text “Wine of Wisdom 5,” do people who are deeply afflicted with the vices of resentment and envy emit harmful waves?
Can sitting near such people have damaging effects?
If we unknowingly absorb these waves, how can we cleanse ourselves of their harmful effects?
What is the remedy?
Thank you.
People consumed by resentment and envy emit harmful waves, and sitting near them can have damaging effects. To cleanse ourselves of these effects, we should turn to the prayers and teachings of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, especially Prayers 22, 23, and 8, and seek protection from envy and other vices.
The human being is a composition of different, ordered waves, arranged and brought together in a particular way. Every thought, intention and action gives rise to new waves that flow from the human soul across the whole expanse of existence. When a person is filled with noble qualities, beautiful and wondrous waves, in all their varied manifestations and pleasing qualities, spread forth, leaving remarkable and heartening impressions on the hearts of all people.
Envy, one of the poles of vile traits, and ignorance, with its forces, another pole of vice, generate their own fields of darkness, each with its particular destructive effects. The closer a person comes to the centre of these fields, the greater the harm they are exposed to.
اللهم صل على محمد و آله، و خلصنی من الحسد، و احصرنی عن الذنوب، و ورعنی عن المحارم، و لا تجرئنی على المعاصی
اللهم صل على محمد و آله، و ارزقنی سلامه الصدر من الحسد
A passage from Supplication 22 of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya
اللهم إنی أعوذ بک من هیجان الحرص، و سوره الغضب، و غلبه الحسد، و ضعف الصبر، و قله القناعه، و شکاسه الخلق، و إلحاح الشهوه، و ملکه الحمیه
A passage from Supplication 8 of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya
اللهم صل على محمد و آله، و من أرادنی بسوء فاصرفه عنی، و ادحر عنی مکره، و ادرأ عنی شره، و رد کیده فی نحره. (8) و اجعل بین یدیه سدا حتى تعمی عنی بصره، و تصم عن ذکری سمعه، و تقفل دون إخطاری قلبه، و تخرس عنی لسانه، و تقمع رأسه، و تذل عزه، و تکسر جبروته، و تذل رقبته، و تفسخ کبره، و تؤمننی من جمیع ضره و شره و غمزه و همزه و لمزه و حسده و عداوته و حبائله و مصایده و رجله و خیله، إنک عزیز قدیر.
A passage from Supplication 23 of al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya