Envy, the Consuming Fire

✨ Envy, the Consuming Fire | Healing Jealousy through Wise Aspiration ✨

💠 Key Topics of this Session:
🔸 “If envy is not extinguished, it will extinguish you”
🔸 “Examination, Prevention, and Treatment of Envy”
🔸 “The Most Damaging Envy in History”
🔸 “The Most Foolish Envy”
🔸 “Continuation of the Commentary on Supplication 20, Passage 13”

🗓 Date: October 21, 2026
📌 Session: Meshkat-e Noor
🎙 Speaker: Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

🌻🔆Envy, the Consuming Fire🔆🌻

🌼🔆🌼Healing Jealousy through Wise Aspiration🌼🔆🌼

 

🌹🔅☘️ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحيمِ ☘️🔅🌹

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✨ ☀️ 🌟 اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مَا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ فِي رُوعِي🌟 ☀️ ✨

☘️🌹مِنَ التَّمَنِّي وَ التَّظَنِّي وَ الْحَسَدِ🌹☘️

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🤲 🌟🌙 ذِكْراً لِعَظَمَتِكَ، وَ تَفَكُّراً فِي قُدْرَتِكَ، وَ تَدْبِيراً عَلَى عَدُوِّك 🌟🌙 🤲

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🌿🔆Transforming “Envy” into “Planning against Your Enemy”🔆

 

 

✳️Systematic Summary of the Treatise “Envy, the Consuming Fire”

1. The Nature and Definition of Envy

Envy (Hasad) = Wishing for the removal of a blessing from another; as opposed to Emulation (Ghibtah) = Wishing to have the same or better (which is permissible or recommended).

Envy is not merely a feeling, but a disease of the heart rooted in ingratitude for blessings and resentment toward Divine distribution and grace.

Envy is the metamorphosis of the soul: it transforms a peacock-like or deer-like spirit into the statue of a scorpion or a wolf, and turns the garden of noble virtues into ashes.

Envy is the devourer of religion, not a shaver of hair (referring to the narration “The disease of nations”).

 

2. The Dangers and Effects of Envy

Effect	Explanation
Destruction of Religion	“The Shaver of Religion” — it scrapes away the roots of faith.
Harm to the Envier	The greatest harm befalls the envier themselves (in this world and the hereafter).
A Settled Hell	Every moment of it is pure loss.
Physical and Nervous Disorders	Disruption of the nervous, spiritual, psychological, and cognitive systems.
Chain of Sins	The source of pride, backbiting, slander, tale-bearing, murder, disbelief, etc.
Deprivation of Repentance	In the presence of envy, repentance is impossible.
Social Insecurity	Destroying the security, peace, and well-being of society.

 

3. The Scope of Envy

Envy is not limited to wealth and children; it includes beauty, majesty, faith, piety, comfort, etc. The greatest envy is directed toward the piety of the pious and the Imamate of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) (Imam al-Baqir’s (AS) interpretation of Surah An-Nisa, Verse 54: “Or do they envy people…” — We are the ones envied for our Imamate).

 

4. Potential Envy

“Do not say we have no envy”; even potential envy is not improbable, and one must seek refuge in God from it.

 

5. Methods of Prevention

Understanding Provision (that sustenance is pre-apportioned).

Recognizing Divine Grace, Wisdom, and Justice.

Gratitude (“If you are grateful, I will surely increase you”).

Contentment.

Love for the believers.

Supplication (“And from the evil of the envier when he envies”).

 

6. Treatment (from the Clinic of Sahifa Sajjadiyya)

“Free me from envy and restrain me from sins.”

Transforming hatred into love, envy into affection, and suspicion into trust.

Prayer for Soundness of Heart: “Soundness of the heart from envy” + wishing for better for oneself from God (Wise Aspiration).

Neutralizing Prayer: Nine stages of complete internal and external disarmament: diverting, repelling, warding off, returning the plot, blocking, blinding, silencing, locking, and muting.

Refuge from Vices: Greed, anger, envy, weak patience, lack of contentment, ill-temper, lust, prejudice, etc.

Practical Monotheism: Only God can return a metamorphosed soul to the “best of statures” (“So repent to your Creator”).

 

7. The Final Formula

Expelling Envy = Knowledge + Self-Accounting + Seeking Refuge in Allah + Energy Transformation (Envy into Planning) + Planning against the enemy of God.

 

8. Key Message

Envy is a fire that first burns its owner; it can be treated through the sweet method of Wise Aspiration (asking God for better instead of envying) and transforming envy into “planning against Your enemy.” Self-conceit is also the “envier of the intellect” and the “pinnacle of folly,” and the narcissist is the murderer of their own intellect.

 

Peace be upon those who follow the guidance.

 

❇️Envy as the Cause of the Metamorphosis of the Subtle Soul

Envy transforms a peacock-like and deer-like soul into the statue of a scorpion and a wolf!

If even a spark of the fire of envy touches the garden of noble virtues, it turns it into ashes!

Imam Sajjad (AS) explicitly mentions envy twice in Supplication 20, but indirectly refers to the effects of envy throughout the prayer in various ways!

 

 

❇️Envy is the Devourer of Religion

Examination, prevention, and cure for envy!

A golden prescription for the prevention and treatment of envy!

💫🔆 عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ لِأَصْحَابِهِ أَلَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ دَبَ‏ إِلَيْكُمْ‏ دَاءُ الْأُمَمِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ وَ هُوَ الْحَسَدُ لَيْسَ بِحَالِقِ الشَّعْرِ لَكِنَّهُ حَالِقُ الدِّينِ‏ وَ يُنَجَّى مِنْهُ انْ يَكُفَّ الْإِنْسَانُ يَدَهُ وَ يَخْزُنَ لِسَانَهُ وَ لَا يَكُونَ ذَا غَمْزٍ عَلَى أَخِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ‏ [1]

💫 It is narrated from his father, Ja’far ibn Muhammad (Imam Sadiq (AS)), from his father, from his grandfather (AS), that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said one day to his companions:

“Behold! Truly, the disease of the nations before you has crept among you, and it is envy.

Envy is not that which shaves the hair, but that which shaves away the religion.

And one is saved from it when a person restrains his hand, guards his tongue, and does not resort to disparagement or fault-finding against his believing brother.”

 

Tazkeer (Illumination):

🔹 1. Envy, the Disease of Past Nations

“دَاءُ الْأُمَمِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ” – the disease of past nations – means that envy is a plague that afflicted and ruined bygone nations as well.

This disease has crept toward the Islamic Ummah as well.

 

🔹 2. Envy is the Shaver of Religion

Phrase	Meaning
«لَیْسَ بِحَالِقِ الشَّعْرِ»	Envy does not shave the hair (it does not destroy the outward appearance).
«لَکِنَّهُ حَالِقُ الدِّینِ»	Rather, it destroys and eradicates religion.

Envy is like a razor that shaves away and destroys the root of religion and faith.

 

🔹 3. The Path of Salvation from Envy

Path	Explanation
«یَکُفَّ الْإِنْسَانُ یَدَهُ»	He restrains his hand [from aggression].
«یَخْزُنَ لِسَانَهُ»	He guards his tongue.
«لَا یَکُونَ ذَا غَمْزٍ عَلَى أَخِیهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ»	He does not taunt or find fault with his believing brother.

Salvation from envy is possible through controlling the hand and the tongue and refraining from finding fault with believers.

 

🔹 4. The Message of the Narration

Envy is a dangerous disease that destroys religion.

This disease has spread from past nations to the Islamic Ummah.

The way to be saved from it is to control one’s hand and tongue and to refrain from taunts and fault-finding.

This narration emphasizes the danger of envy and the necessity of avoiding it.

And it shows that envy, rather than harming others, destroys the very religion of the envious person himself.

 

 

❇️Do Not Forget God So That Envy May Be Extinguished

Beware of being left to yourself with envy!

)اللهم( خَلِّصْنِي مِنَ الْحَسَد

اللهم لاتکلنی الی نفسی- اللهم لاتکلنی الی الحسد

O God, do not leave me to myself with envy, nor to the envious person!

In the presence of envy, light becomes darkness, beauty becomes ugliness, honey becomes deadly poison, Paradise becomes a scorching Hell, and medicine becomes pain!

To escape from the captivity, disgrace, and shackles of envy, we must cling to divine grace!

Let us view envy as the foulest and most shameful of diseases!

 

❇️Envy Is a Present Hell!

Every moment of envy is sheer loss!

When a person becomes captive and imprisoned, they strive to gain their freedom! Yet why do they not strive against the most terrifying captivity of all?

Do not say, “We do not have envy”! Let us seek refuge in God even from potential envy!

Potential envy is by no means unlikely!

 

❇️Envy Turns the Human Breast into a Mine of Ailments!

💫🔆اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ ارْزُقْنِي سَلَامَةَ الصَّدْرِ مِنَ الْحَسَدِ حَتَّى لَا أَحْسُدَ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ عَلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ، وَ حَتَّى لَا أَرَى نِعْمَةً مِنْ نِعَمِكَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ فِي دِينٍ أَوْ دُنْيَا أَوْ عَافِيَةٍ أَوْ تَقْوَى أَوْ سَعَةٍ أَوْ رَخَاءٍ إِلَّا رَجَوْتُ لِنَفْسِي أَفْضَلَ ذَلِكَ بِكَ وَ مِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ. [2]

💫 “O God, send blessings upon Muhammad and his progeny, and grant me a breast sound from envy, so that I may not envy any of Your creation regarding anything of Your bounty; and so that I may not see any of Your blessings upon anyone of Your creation—whether in religion, worldly life, well-being, piety, abundance, or ease—except that I ask for myself something better than it, by You and from You alone, who have no partner.”

 

❇️Faith and Piety Exposed to the Envy of the Envious

Envy is not limited to wealth and offspring! Rather, it encompasses beauty, majesty, faith, piety, and comfort as well!

The greatest envy is directed toward the piety of people! Pay attention! The piety of the people of piety is a garden transcending their Paradise, just as it is the scorching Hell of the disobedient!

Iblis envied Adam’s radiant light before he ever envied his creation of clay and soil!

 

❇️The Sahifah Sajjadiyyah: A Miracle of Supplication

Through this supplication, the Imam both cures the ailment and transforms that very pain into eternal capital!

With the breath of the *Sajjadiyyah*, envy is transformed into wise hope and aspiration!

Fire is transformed into Paradise!

Pain is transformed into remedy and wealth!

Truly, the *Sahifah Sajjadiyyah* is a miracle of supplication!

 

 

 

❇️O God, Guard My Being from the Arrow of Envy

💫🔆 (7) اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ مَنْ أَرَادَنِي بِسُوءٍ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي، وَ ادْحَرْ عَنِّي مَكْرَهُ، وَ ادْرَأْ عَنِّي شَرَّهُ، وَ رُدَّ كَيْدَهُ فِي نَحْرِهِ. (8) وَ اجْعَلْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ سُدّاً حَتَّى تُعْمِيَ عَنِّي بَصَرَهُ، وَ تُصِمَّ عَنْ ذِكْرِي سَمْعَهُ، وَ تُقْفِلَ دُونَ إِخْطَارِي قَلْبَهُ، وَ تُخْرِسَ عَنِّي لِسَانَهُ، وَ تَقْمَعَ رَأْسَهُ، وَ تُذِلَّ عِزَّهُ، وَ تَكْسُرَ جَبَرُوتَهُ، وَ تُذِلَّ رَقَبَتَهُ، وَ تَفْسَخَ كِبْرَهُ، وَ تُؤْمِنَنِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ ضَرِّهِ وَ شَرِّهِ وَ غَمْزِهِ وَ هَمْزِهِ وَ لَمْزِهِ وَ حَسَدِهِ وَ عَدَاوَتِهِ وَ حَبَائِلِهِ وَ مَصَايِدِهِ وَ رَجِلِهِ وَ خَيْلِهِ، إِنَّكَ عَزِيزٌ قَدِيرٌ. [3]

💫 (7) “O God, bless Muhammad and his Household. Whosoever desires evil for me, turn him away from me, drive his guile far from me, ward off his evil from me, and cast his plotting back into his own throat.

(8) Place a barrier before him so that You blind his sight to me, deafen his hearing to my remembrance, lock his heart against thoughts of me, strike his tongue dumb regarding me, crush his head, abase his might, break his arrogance, humble his neck, and dissolve his pride. Secure me against all his harm, his evil, his winks, his proddings, his backbiting, his envy, his hostility, his snares, his traps, his foot soldiers, and his cavalry! Verily, You are Almighty, Powerful.”

 

✅In this passage of his supplication, Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) teaches us the method for neutralizing the apparatus of hostility and envy!

A method for total inner and outer disarmament!

 

❇️Neutralize Envy!

Neutralizing the mechanism of envy is achievable through wise planning!

We must learn how envy ignites and how to block the paths of its ignition!

We must destroy the breeding ground of envy!

The envious person is an agent of black magic.

Extinguish envy before it begins!

 

 

 

❇️Let No One Become the Firewood of Envy

💫🔆 اللَّهُمَّ إِنيِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَيَجَانِ الْحِرْصِ، وَ سَوْرَةِ الْغَضَبِ، وَ غَلَبَةِ الْحَسَدِ، وَ ضَعْفِ الصَّبْرِ، وَ قِلَّةِ الْقَنَاعَةِ، وَ شَكَاسَةِ الْخُلُقِ، وَ إِلْحَاحِ الشَّهْوَةِ، وَ مَلَكَةِ الْحَمِيَّة[4]

💫 “O God! I take refuge in You from:

The surging of greed,

The fury of wrath,

The overcoming of envy,

The weakness of patience,

The scarcity of contentment,

Bad disposition,

The insistence of desire,

And the dominion of fanaticism.”

 

Illumination:

🔹 1. The Seven Petitions

Petition	Meaning
Transforming spite into affection	The hostility of the spiteful turning into friendship.
Transforming envy into affection	The envy of the oppressors turning into love.
Transforming whispers into the remembrance of God	Satanic whispers turning into divine remembrance.
Deliverance from envy	Freedom from the vice of envy.
Purity of the breast from envy	Cleansing the inner self of envy.
Repelling the evil of enemies	Warding off the harm of enemies.
Refuge from vices	Seeking shelter from eight moral vices.

🔹 2. The Eight Vices

Vice	Meaning
Surging of greed	Unbridled covetousness.
Fury of wrath	Intense anger.
Overcoming of envy	The dominance of envy.
Weakness of patience	Inability to endure.
Scarcity of contentment	Lack of contentment.
Bad disposition	Ill temper.
The Urgency of Lust	The persistence of carnal desire.
The Habit of Fanaticism	The dominance of prejudice and zealotry.

🔹 3. The Message of the Supplications

The servant asks God to transform the hatred and envy of enemies into affection and friendship.

And to replace satanic whisperings with the remembrance of Divine Majesty.

And to liberate and protect him from envy, sin, and forbidden acts.

And to grant him the blessing of a heart free from envy.

And to ward off the evil of enemies from him.

And to grant him refuge from eight moral vices.

These supplications emphasize the purification of the soul, inner purity, and distancing oneself from vices.

 

 

💫 O God! I seek refuge in You from:

The outburst of ill-temper and the surge of greed

The gale of anger

The dominance of envy

The frailty of patience

The lack of contentment

Ill-mannered behavior and harshness

The persistence and urgency of lust

And the sovereignty of fanaticism (zealotry)

 

✅ When a human being turns into a volcano of vices, they become an active and uncontrollable danger!

The evil of envy is constantly on the verge of explosion!

 

 

 

❇️ A Psychological and Doctrinal Perspective on Envy

Envy is not merely a feeling; it is a spiritual disease rooted in ingratitude for blessings and an expression of resentment toward Divine distribution and grace.

The greatest harm of envy falls upon the envious person themselves (both in this world and the Hereafter). Like Iblis, who through his envy of Adam, brought a curse upon himself.

In the presence of envy, repentance is impossible!

Envy destroys the security, peace, and well-being of society!

 

❇️ The Clinic for Treating Envy in Sahifa Sajjadiyya

💫 (7) اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَ أَبْدِلْنِي مِنْ بِغْضَةِ أَهْلِ الشَّنَآنِ الْمَحَبَّةَ، وَ مِنْ حَسَدِ أَهْلِ الْبَغْيِ الْمَوَدَّةَ، وَ مِنْ ظِنَّةِ أَهْلِ الصَّلَاحِ الثِّقَةَ، [5]

💫 O God, bless Muhammad and his progeny, and transform for me the hatred of the spiteful into love, the envy of the rebellious into affection, and the suspicion of the righteous into trust.

 

 

💫 (5) اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، وَ خَلِّصْنِي مِنَ الْحَسَدِ، وَ احْصُرْنِي عَنِ الذُّنُوب‏[6]

💫 O God, bless Muhammad and his progeny, and deliver me from envy, and restrain me from sins.

 

 

❇️ Treating the Disease of Envy in the Clinic of the Divine Physician

Requesting liberation from envy as a spiritual illness: Envy is ranked among the major sins and is the most hideous of them; one must wholeheartedly seek God’s help to be freed from it.

💫🔆 يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ يَا طَبِيبَ الْقُلُوبِ يَا مُنَوِّرَ الْقُلُوبِ يَا أَنِيسَ الْقُلُوب‏

💫🔆يَا حَبِيبَ مَنْ لَا حَبِيبَ لَهُ يَا طَبِيبَ مَنْ لَا طَبِيبَ لَهُ يَا مُجِيبَ مَنْ لَا مُجِيبَ لَهُ يَا شَفِيقَ مَنْ لَا شَفِيقَ لَهُ يَا رَفِيقَ مَنْ لَا رَفِيقَ لَهُ يَا مُغِيثَ مَنْ لَا مُغِيثَ لَه‏

 

 

❇️ Envy is the Sting of a Scorpion-like Human

The sting of envy must be uprooted from the human heart, otherwise, it is worse than the venom of a rattlesnake or a vengeful scorpion!

The envious person stings both themselves and the object of their envy; we must both uproot the sting of envy from our own hearts and protect ourselves against the stings of others’ envy!

If the inner reality of an envious person were revealed, they would appear in the most hideous form possible!

 

❇️ The Sickest of the Sick

The envious person is a patient who creates illness!

💫🔆وَ قَالَ ع‏ الْعَجَبُ لِغَفْلَةِ الْحُسَّادِ عَنْ سَلَامَةِ الْأَجْسَاد[7]

💫 And the Imam (AS) said:

“How strange is the heedlessness of the envious regarding the health of their bodies!”

 

Illumination:

🔹 1. Meaning of the Phrase

“الْعَجَبُ” – Wonder and amazement.

“غَفْلَةِ الْحُسَّادِ” – The heedlessness and unawareness of the envious.

“عَنْ سَلَامَةِ الْأَجْسَادِ” – Regarding the health of bodies.

Meaning:

“How strange it is that the envious are heedless of the great blessing of their own physical health, and instead of being grateful for it, they envy the blessings of others!” This becomes a factor for various spiritual and physical ailments.

Envy disrupts the human nervous system—the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and other neural networks—as well as other bodily systems!

 

 

🔹 2. Rhetorical Points

“الْعَجَبُ” – Used to express the intensity of wonder and amazement.

“غَفْلَةِ الْحُسَّادِ” – The envious, instead of attending to their own blessings, have their eyes fixed on the blessings of others.

“سَلَامَةِ الْأَجْسَادِ” – Physical health is among the greatest Divine blessings of which we are often heedless.

 

🔹 3. Message of the Narration

The envious are heedless of their greatest blessing—namely, physical health.

Instead of being grateful for this blessing, they envy the blessings of others.

This is the ultimate state of heedlessness and ingratitude.

It shows that envy blinds a person even to seeing their own blessings.

This narration emphasizes the necessity of gratitude for Divine blessings and the avoidance of envy.

 

❇️ The Greatest Folly is Trusting the Envious

Let us seek refuge from our own envy and the envy of others in our Lord and the Lord of others!

There is no one more envious of humanity than Satan, yet the marvel of it is that the foolish human throws himself directly into the embrace of the fire—the most fiery and venomous of the envious!

Is Iblis not humanity’s sworn and envious enemy?

 

 

❇️The Most Wronged and Delicate Object of Envy in the Cosmos

Reason is the most wronged object of envy in all the worlds! How astonishing is the narcissistic human who envies his own reason!

💫🔆وَ قَالَ ع‏ عُجْبُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ أَحَدُ حُسَّادِ عَقْلِه‏[8]

💫 And Imam Ali (AS) said:

“A person’s self-admiration is one of the despoilers of his reason.”

 

Elucidation:

🔹 1. Meaning of the phrase

“عُجْبُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ” – A person’s self-infatuation, self-admiration, and self-aggrandizement towards himself.

“أَحَدُ حُسَّادِ عَقْلِه” – One of the despoilers of his reason.

Meaning:

Self-admiration is like an envier that begrudges man’s reason and destroys it.

 

🔹 2. Rhetorical point

The comparison of self-admiration to an envier—self-admiration is itself an enemy to reason, rendering it dysfunctional.

“حُسَّادِ عَقْلِه” – The envier-detractors of reason are the internal adversaries of reason.

Self-admiration is one of these adversaries.

 

🔹 3. The message of the narration

Self-admiration is an enemy to reason.

Just as the envious person begrudges the blessings of others, the self-admirant person begrudges his own reason and destroys it.

Self-admiration is a barrier to the growth of reason and human perfection.

 

This narration emphasizes the peril of self-admiration and the necessity of humility.

 

❇️Only a Fool Consumes His Eternal Capital in Fire

How can a person envy himself, his child, his own beauty, his own possessions, his eyes, ears, and so forth—and worst of all, envy his own reason?! To betray the most sublime blessing of one’s own existence! There is no folly greater than this! Truly, he is a foolish narcissist who destroys his own intellect!

💫🔆الْعُجْبُ‏ حُمْقٌ‏‏[9]

“Self-admiration is foolishness.”

 

💫🔆الْعُجْبُ رَأْسُ الْحَمَاقَةِ[10]

“Self-admiration is the pinnacle of foolishness.”

Meaning that foolishness originates from self-admiration.

 

💫🔆الْعُجْبُ عُنْوَانُ الْحَمَاقَةِ[11]

“Self-admiration is the hallmark of foolishness.”

Meaning that self-admiration lays bare one’s foolishness.

 

💫🔆الْعُجْبُ يُظْهِرُ النَّقِيصَةَ[12]

“Self-admiration brings flaws to light.”

Meaning that self-admiration exposes man’s inner shortcomings.

 

💫🔆إِعْجَابُ الْمَرْءِ بِنَفْسِهِ حُمْق‏[13]

“A person’s self-aggrandizement is foolishness.”

 

Elucidation:

Phrase	Meaning	Message
العجب حُمق	Self-admiration is foolishness	Self-admiration is a form of ignorance.
العجب رأس الحماقة	Self-admiration is the pinnacle of foolishness	The root and origin of foolishness is self-admiration.
العجب عنوان الحماقة	Self-admiration is the hallmark of foolishness	Self-admiration exposes foolishness.
العجب یُظهر النقیصة	Self-admiration brings flaws to light	Self-admiration reveals inner deficiencies.
إعجاب المرء بنفسه حُمق	Self-aggrandizement is foolishness	Self-aggrandizement is a sign of ignorance.

💎 Points:

Self-admiration is foolishness, as well as its root and manifestation.

Self-admiration exposes a person’s inner faults and shortcomings.

These expressions emphasize the danger of self-admiration and the necessity of humility.

They demonstrate that self-admiration is not merely devoid of virtue, but rather a sign of ignorance and folly.

Such a fool is one who envies his own reason!

 

❇️The Narcissist is the Murderer of His Own Intellect

One who plucks out his own wings and feathers!

One who extinguishes the lamp of his own house! One who snuffs out the sun in the sky of his soul!

If someone were to extinguish the lamp of the heavens!

If someone were to seek to extinguish the intellect, lamp, and light of the universe of creation!

To envy the intellect of the cosmos of existence!

He who envies Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad has, first and foremost, committed the greatest injustice against himself!

Envy is directed at the heart, the core, the comprehension, and the light of the universe; if that light is extinguished, the entire existence is extinguished!

Through Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (PBUH), we are connected to the life and the entire expanse of the universe of existence!

 

💫🔆أَيْنَ السَّبَبُ‏ الْمُتَّصِلُ‏ بَيْنَ الْأَرْضِ وَ السَّمَاء[14]

🔆Where is the cord that connects the earth and the sky?!

Envy toward the connecting cord is the most ominous form of envy!

Now, imagine the magnitude of the injustice and envy directed against the Master of Ghadir!

✨🔆النساء : 54 أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلى‏ ما آتاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ فَقَدْ آتَيْنا آلَ إِبْراهيمَ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ آتَيْناهُمْ مُلْكاً عَظيماً

🔆Or do they envy people (the Prophet and his Household) for what God has given them out of His grace? Indeed, We gave the family of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and We gave them a great kingdom.

 

❇️The Most Harmful Envy in Existence

💫🔆وَ عَنْهُ: عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَائِذٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ‏ فَكَانَ جَوَابُهُ: «أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيباً مِنَ الْكِتابِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوتِ وَ يَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هؤُلاءِ أَهْدى‏ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا سَبِيلًا يَقُولُونَ لِأَئِمَّةِ الضَّلَالَةِ وَ الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى النَّارِ: هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْدَى مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدِ سَبِيلًا أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ يَلْعَنِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ نَصِيراً*

أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ‏ يَعْنِي الْإِمَامَةَ وَ الْخِلَافَةَ فَإِذاً لا يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِيراً نَحْنُ النَّاسُ الَّذِينَ عَنَى اللَّهُ، وَ النَّقِيرُ: النُّقْطَةُ فِي وَسَطِ النَّوَاةِ أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلى‏ ما آتاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ‏ نَحْنُ النَّاسُ الْمَحْسُودُونَ عَلَى مَا آتَانَا اللَّهُ مِنَ الْإِمَامَةِ دُونَ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ أَجْمَعِينَ. فَقَدْ آتَيْنا آلَ إِبْراهِيمَ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ آتَيْناهُمْ مُلْكاً عَظِيماً يَقُولُ: جَعَلْنَا مِنْهُمُ الرُّسُلَ وَ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةَ، فَكَيْفَ يُقِرُّونَ بِهِ فِي آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ يُنْكِرُونَهُ فِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)؟! فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ صَدَّ عَنْهُ وَ كَفى‏ بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِيراً* إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآياتِنا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ ناراً كُلَّما نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُمْ بَدَّلْناهُمْ جُلُوداً غَيْرَها لِيَذُوقُوا الْعَذابَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَزِيزاً حَكِيماً».^[15]

💫 And from him [Al-Baqir (AS)], from Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Amir al-Ash’ari, from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad, who said: Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha narrated to me, from Ahmad ibn A’idh, from Ibn Uzaynah, from Burayd al-‘Ijli, who said:

I asked Abu Ja’far (AS) regarding the words of God, the Almighty and Majestic:

«أَطِیعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِی الْأَمْرِ مِنْکُمْ» (نساء: ۵۹)

– “Obey God and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you.”

His response was:

“Have you not considered the words of God:

«أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَی الَّذِینَ أُوتُوا نَصِیباً مِنَ الْکِتابِ یُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوتِ وَ یَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا هؤُلاءِ أَهْدی‏ مِنَ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا سَبِیلًا» (نساء: ۵۱)

– “Have you not seen those who were given a share of the Book, believing in sorcery and false deities, and saying to the disbelievers, ‘These are better guided on the way than the believers’?”

They say to the leaders of misguidance and the callers to the Fire: “These are better guided on the way than the family of Muhammad (PBUH).”

 

«أُولئِکَ الَّذِینَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ یَلْعَنِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ نَصِیراً» (نساء: ۵۲)

– “They are the ones whom God has cursed, and whomever God curses, you will never find for him a helper.”

«أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِیبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْکِ» (نساء: ۵۳)

– “Or do they have a share in the kingdom?” — meaning the Imamate and the caliphate.

«فَإِذاً لا یُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِیراً» (نساء: ۵۳)

– “If so, they would not give the people [even] the speck on a date stone.”

We are the “people” intended by God.

And the *naqir* is the speck in the groove of a date stone.

«أَمْ یَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلی‏ ما آتاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ» (نساء: ۵۴)

– “Or do they envy the people for what God has given them of His grace?”

We are the “people” who are envied for the Imamate that God has bestowed upon us, to the exclusion of all of God’s creation.

«فَقَدْ آتَیْنا آلَ إِبْراهِیمَ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ آتَیْناهُمْ مُلْكاً عَظِيماً» (نساء: ۵۴)

– “Indeed, We gave the family of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and We gave them a great kingdom.”

He says: We placed among them messengers, prophets, and Imams.

So how is it that they acknowledge this for the family of Abraham, yet deny it for the family of Muhammad (PBUH)?!

«فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ صَدَّ عَنْهُ وَ کَفی‏ بِجَهَنَّمَ سَعِیراً» (نساء: ۵۵)

– “Then some of them believed in it, and some turned away from it; and Hell, as a blazing fire, is sufficient.”

 

«إِنَّ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا بِآیاتِنا سَوْفَ نُصْلِیهِمْ ناراً کُلَّما نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُمْ بَدَّلْناهُمْ جُلُوداً غَیْرَها لِیَذُوقُوا الْعَذابَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ کانَ عَزِیزاً حَکِیماً» (نساء: ۵۶)

– “Indeed, those who disbelieved in Our verses—We will drive them into a Fire. Every time their skins are roasted through, We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted in Might and Wise.” (An-Nisa: 56)»

 

Tanwir:

🔹 1. Applying “Uli al-Amr” to the Ahl al-Bayt (AS)

“Uli al-Amr” in Verse 59 of Surah An-Nisa refers to the Infallible Imams (AS).

Obedience to them is placed on par with obedience to Allah and the Prophet (PBUH).

 

🔹 2. Exegesis of Verses 51 to 56 of Surah An-Nisa

Verse	The Imam’s (AS) Exegesis
«یُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوتِ»	Belief in the leaders of misguidance and those who invite to the Fire.
«هؤُلاءِ أَهْدی‏ مِنَ الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا»	They say: The leaders of misguidance are better guided than the family of Muhammad (PBUH).
«أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِیبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْکِ»	Meaning Imamah and Caliphate.
«لا یُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِیراً»	We are those “people” whom Allah intended.
«أَمْ یَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ»	We are those “people” who are envied for our Imamah.
«فَقَدْ آتَیْنا آلَ إِبْراهِیمَ…»	We bestowed upon them prophets and Imams.
«فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ…»	Some of them believed in it, and some turned away from it.
«إِنَّ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا بِآیاتِنا…»	The punishment of the disbelievers is repeated through the replacement of their skins.

🔹 3. Point regarding “Naqir”

“Naqir”: The speck in the groove of a date stone – a metaphor for the smallest of things.

Meaning: They do not grant others even as much as a particle of our right.

 

🔹 4. Envy toward Imamah

“نَحْنُ النَّاسُ الْمَحْسُودُونَ” – We are those “people” who are envied for our Imamah.

The envious begrudge the divine grace of Imamah.

 

🔹 5. Message of the Narration

“Uli al-Amr” in the verse refers to the Ahl al-Bayt (AS), and obeying them is obligatory.

Their opponents have believed in the leaders of misguidance.

They harbor envy toward the Imamah of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS).

And Allah penalizes those who disbelieve in His verses with eternal punishment.

This narration emphasizes the necessity of obeying the Ahl al-Bayt (AS) and the legitimacy of their Imamah.

 

 

🌻🔆 Supplementary Enrichment to the Treatise “Envy, the Devouring Fire” 🔆🌻

The Tawhidic Dimension of the Metamorphosis of the Soul

Dimension	Explanation	Reference
Tawhid in Creation	Allah created man in the best of stature	«لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ» (At-Tin: 4)
Tawhid in Metamorphosis	Envy drags man down from the “best of stature” to the “lowest of the low”	«ثُمَّ رَدَدْناهُ أَسْفَلَ سافِلِينَ» (At-Tin: 5)
Tawhid in Repentance	Only Allah can restore the metamorphosed soul to its origin	«فَتُوبُوا إِلى‏ بارِئِكُمْ» (Al-Baqarah: 54)

Enrichment: Envy is the metamorphosis of the soul; and only Allah can restore this transformed soul to its origin. Therefore, the cure for envy requires practical Tawhid.

“Analyzing the Supplication ‘Khallisni min al-Hasad'” as a Foundation

The main text has mentioned the supplication “Khallisni min al-Hasad” (Deliver me from envy). Here, we elaborate upon it as a foundational principle:

Element	Explanation	Reference
Khallisni	Deliver	«خَلِّصْنِي»
Min al-Hasad	From envy	«مِنَ الْحَسَدِ»
Do not leave me to myself	Do not leave me to myself	«لَا تَکِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي»
Do not leave me to envy	Do not leave me to envy	«لَا تَکِلْنِي إِلَى الْحَسَدِ»

Enrichment: The supplication “خلصنی من الحسد” is a comprehensive prayer. In it, one asks God to deliver the servant from envy, and not to leave him to himself and to envy.

 

 Adding “The possibility of envy is not implausible” as a principle

Phrase	Explanation	Reference
Do not say we have no envy	Anyone may harbor envy	«وَ لَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ»
Possible envy	Possible envy is not implausible	«وَ مَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ»
Refuge from possible envy	Seek refuge in God even from possible envy	«فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ»

Enrichment: Envy is possible, even for believers. Therefore, we must seek refuge in God from potential envy as well.

 

 

“Analysis of the Neutralization Prayer” as a principle

Element	Explanation	Reference
Sarf (صرف)	Turn away	«فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي»
Dahr (دحر)	Drive far away	«وَ ادْحَرْ عَنِّي مَكْرَهُ»
Dar’ (درء)	Warded off	«وَ ادْرَأْ عَنِّي شَرَّهُ»
Radd kayd (رد کید)	Turn back	«وَ رُدَّ كَيْدَهُ فِي نَحْرِهِ»
Sadd (سد)	Barrier	«وَ اجْعَلْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ سُدًّا»
Ta’miyah (تعمیه)	Blinding	«تُعْمِيَ عَنِّي بَصَرَهُ»
Tasmeem (تصمیم)	Deafening	«تُصِمَّ عَنْ ذِكْرِي سَمْعَهُ»
Tafeel (تقفیل)	Locking	«تُقْفِلَ دُونَ إِخْطَارِي قَلْبَهُ»
Takhrees (تخریس)	Silencing	«تُخْرِسَ عَنِّي لِسَانَهُ»

Enrichment: In this passage, Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) teaches the method of neutralizing the apparatus of hostility and jealousy: the method of complete inner and outer disarmament.

 

We elaborate on the relationship between envy and other sins:

Sin	Relationship with Envy	Reference
Arrogance	Envy is the result of arrogance	«إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبى‏ وَ اسْتَكْبَرَ»
Backbiting	Envy leads to backbiting	«وَ لَا يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً»
Calumny	Envy leads to false accusation	«إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَناتِ»
Gossip / Talebearing	Envy leads to talebearing	«هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ»
Murder	Envy leads to murder	«فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ»
Disbelief	Envy is the two wings of disbelief	«الْحَسَدُ أَصْلُهُ مِنْ عَمَى الْقَلْبِ»

Compensation: Envy is the root of many sins. To combat these sins, one must confront their root (envy).

 

Explaining “Ways to Prevent Envy”

Preventative Measure	Explanation	Scriptural Basis
Understanding Provision (Rizq)	Recognizing that provision is pre-apportioned	«نَحْنُ قَسَمْنا بَيْنَهُمْ»
Understanding Grace (Fadl)	Recognizing that grace belongs to God	«ذلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ»
Understanding Wisdom (Hikmah)	Recognizing that wisdom belongs to God	«وَ اللَّهُ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ»
Understanding Justice (‘Adl)	Recognizing that justice belongs to God	«وَ اللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ»
Gratitude	Giving thanks for one’s own blessings	«لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ»
Contentment	Being content with what God has bestowed	« بِما آتاكُمُ اللَّهُ»
Love	Having love for others	«وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِياءُ بَعْضٍ»
Supplication	Praying for the removal of envy	«وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حاسِدٍ إِذا حَسَدَ»

Remedy: Preventing envy is better than curing it. Believers should prevent envy by understanding divine provision, grace, wisdom, and justice.

 

Clarifying “The Difference Between Envy (Hasad) and Emulation (Ghibtah)”

Subject	Envy (Hasad)	Emulation (Ghibtah)
Definition	Wishing for the loss of another’s blessing	Wishing to possess a blessing similar to another’s
Ruling	Forbidden (Haram)	Permissible (Mubah) or Recommended (Mustahabb)
Example	Wishing that someone loses their wealth	Wishing that I also had wealth like them
Scriptural Basis	«وَ مِنْ شَرِّ حاسِدٍ إِذا حَسَدَ»	«فَلْيَتَنافَسِ الْمُتَنافِسُونَ»

Remedy: Envy is forbidden, while emulation is permissible or recommended. Failing to distinguish between the two leads to sin.

 

Wise Aspiration Cures Envy!

Stage	Explanation
First Stage	Aspiring for something better for oneself instead of envying others
Second Stage	Seeking that better aspiration from God and through His grace
Third Stage	Wise aspiration takes the place of envy
Fourth Stage	Envy is cured

Illumination: Wise aspiration cures envy. Instead of envying others, ask God for what is better for yourself. This is a wise remedy.

 

Why is Envy Not Limited to Wealth and Children?

Object of Envy	Explanation
Wealth	Envying the wealth of others
Children	Envying the children of others
Beauty	Envying the beauty of others
Majesty	Envying the status or grandeur of others
Faith	Envying the faith of others
Piety	Envying the piety of others
Comfort	Envying the ease and comfort of others

Illumination: Envy is not limited to wealth and children; it also encompasses beauty, majesty, faith, piety, and comfort.

 

How Does Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) Neutralize the Mechanism of Envy?

Stage	Explanation
First Stage	Sarf (Turning back)
Second Stage	Dahr (Driving away)
Third Stage	Dar’ (Turning away)
Fourth Stage	Radd al-kayd (Countering the plot)
Fifth Stage	Sadd (Blocking)
Sixth Stage	Ta’miyah (Obscuring/Blinding)
Seventh Stage	Tasmim (Deafening)
Eighth Stage	Taflil (Locking)
Ninth Stage	Takhris (Silencing)

Illumination: In this passage, Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) teaches the method for neutralizing the apparatus of hostility and envy: a total internal and external disarmament strategy.

 

How Does a Person Become the Fuel of Envy?

Stage	Explanation
First Stage	Man is inflamed by greed, wrath, and envy
Second Stage	This fire consumes man
Third Stage	Man becomes the fuel of envy
Fourth Stage	Man becomes a volcano of vices

Illumination: Through greed, wrath, and envy, a person becomes the fuel of envy. This fire consumes them and transforms them into a volcano of vices.

 

Why Is the Sting of Envy Worse Than the Venom of a Viper?

Reason	Explanation
First Reason	The sting of envy strikes the soul
Second Reason	The sting of envy strikes religion
Third Reason	The sting of envy strikes faith
Fourth Reason	The sting of envy strikes the Hereafter

Illumination: The sting of envy is worse than the venom of a rattlesnake or a malicious scorpion, because it strikes the soul, religion, faith, and the Hereafter.

 

Why Does the Envious Person Sting Both Themselves and the Envied?

Reason	Explanation
First Reason	The envious person burns themselves with their envy
Second Reason	The envious person harms the envied with their tongue
Third Reason	The envious person deceives the envied with cunning
Fourth Reason	The envious person accuses the envied with false charges

Illumination: The envious person stings both themselves and the envied. They burn themselves with envy, and they harm the envied with their tongue, cunning, and false accusations. Therefore, we must uproot the sting of envy from our hearts and protect ourselves against the stings of others’ envy.

 

Enrichment Summary

Section	Enrichment
Envy as the Cause of Spiritual Metamorphosis	Tawhidic layer, roadmap with two direct and four indirect references
Envy as the Cankerworm of Religion	Analysis of the tradition of *Da’ al-Umam*, three stages of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
Do Not Forget God	Analysis of the supplication *Khalisni min al-hasad*, analysis of light existing alongside the darkness of envy
Envy as an Established Hell	Analysis of established hell, envy is not a distant or improbable possibility
Envy in the Human Breast	Analysis of the supplication for a sound breast, faith and piety exposed to jealousy
Al-Sahifah al-Sajjadiyyah	Analysis of transformation in the Sahifah, analysis of the supplication of neutralization
Neutralize Envy	Analysis of the neutralization of the envy system, the envious person as a system of black magic
Lest Man Become Fuel	Analysis of the supplication for refuge from eight vices, the volcano of vices
Psychological Perspective	Analysis of spiritual heart disease, repentance made impossible by envy
Envy as the Sting of Man	Analysis of the sting of envy, its ugliest form
The Sickest Patient	Analysis of the envious person’s negligence regarding health, nervous system disorder
The Greatest Folly	Analysis of the envious Satan, taking refuge from one’s own envy and that of others
The Most Oppressed Envied One	Analysis of the oppressed intellect, analysis of self-admiration as the envy of the intellect
The Only Fool	Analysis of the narcissist as the murderer of the intellect, analysis of jealousy toward Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad
The Most Detrimental Envy	Analysis of the narration of Imam al-Baqir (as), analysis of shedding one’s skin

Envy is a consuming fire that burns its bearer first and then others. Envy is the cancer of religion and a present hell. Envy is a disease of the heart and the scorpion-like sting of man. Envy is the greatest folly and the most detrimental jealousy.

To combat envy, one must:

1. Recognize envy — understanding the signs and qualities of envy.

2. Account for the self — daily self-reckoning regarding envy within oneself.

3. Take refuge in Allah — seeking refuge from any degree of envy.

4. Transform energy — converting the energy of envy into the energy of wise management and foresight.

5. Strategize against the enemy — plotting against the enemy of God.

 

The Final Formula:

Repelling Envy = Recognition + Accountability + Refuge + Transformation + Strategy

🌟وَ السَّلامُ عَلى‏ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدى‏

✨سُبْحانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

✨وَ سَلامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلينَ

✨وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمينَ

 

🔶Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) 110.141(903)

 

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