Part 14

make knots and then blow on them and the magic would thereby

His words, ''from the envier when he envies," refer to the evil

of that hidden force which inflicts harm on man and which fills

hearts with malice. The envier with malice can do anything

ruinous thing, like burning the house of the one for whom he feels

malice and envy, or injuring him or his property or his children.

There is nothing like malice and envy to destroy and harm.

Envy is incompatible with belief because it entails lack of con­

tentment with the decree of Allah and lack of contentment with

what Allah has allotted you and lack of contentment with the

decrees of Allah in general. Allah - glory be to Him and may He

be exalted! - has distributed blessings to people with justice, but

unfortunately we only notice the blessing of wealth and we over­

look everything else, even though there are blessings many times

more important than the blessing of wealth.

The blessing of health, for instance, is one of the greatest of

Allah's blessings to His slaves. There is no use in all the wealthin

the world if you are ill and powerless on your bed, unable to move.

Around you are all blessings, but you cannot enjoy them. What is

the use of wealth if Allah deprives you of the blessing of sight and

you cannot see any of this splendid existence nor take a single step

without someone helping you? When people leave you by your­

self, you bump into things which injure you.

What is the use of wealth if you are not given the blessing of'

hearing and you become unable to understand what is around you,

powerless to speak and to learn and advance in' life? What is the

use of wealth if you lose the benefit of understanding and, you

become mad or afflicted with mental 'illness? Your life becomes a

hell however much wealth you possess. What is the use of wealth

when you are afflicted by the disasters of life and all your children

die and everyone hates you so that you cannot live in safety?

Do you not see rulers and kings whose people overthrow them

going off seeking asylum to save themselves from being killed?

Most of the world's nations refuse to grant them the right of asy­

tum and the earth becomes constricted for them after having been

vast and, they live abject in exile or in constant fear. They cannot

sleep at night for fear that one of their enemies will overpower.

them. Wealth can be also be a curse leading to corruption, drug

We should not envy people their wealth, for Allah can bless us

in such a way that a little wealth becomes enough for us. He may

bless-us, in our children so that they are a delight to us while the

children of the rich may be a punishment and source of exaspera­

tion for them. Allah may give us a peaceful calm life while He

gives the wealthy a life of constant irritation.

In any case, envy "is lack of contentment with the decree and

power of Allah. We are asked to be content with Allah's decree

and to praise Allah for all that He brings about for us. Allah - glory

be to Him and may He be exalted! - oalls our attention to the fact

that we should not be sorry for anything that passes us by because

that thing might contain an evil which Allah has kept far from us.

We should not exult in what comes to us because the thing which .

which comes to us and which we exult in may be bad for us. That

is in conformity with the words of Allah Almighty:

"Nothing happens, either in the earth or in yourselves,

but that it is in a Book before We bring it into being. That

is an easy matter for Allah. [He says this] that you may

not be grieved about the things that pass you by nor exult

in the things that come to you. Allah does not love any"

vain or boastful man." (57:22-23)

When man is content with the decree of Allah, Allah blesses

him both in His deen and in his worldly affairs.

This brings us to the end of this book. We know that although

magic and envy are among the hidden forces of existence they are

forces whose existence is very real and about which Allah

Almighty has told us. In His Noble Quran, Allah has told us all

we need to know about the evil of these two forces. He asks us to

seek refuge with Him from both of them. Whoever recites the two

Suras of refuge, which are Surat al-Falaq and Surat an-Nas, every

night, Allah will protect him and guard him.

Similarly, the Ayat al-Kursi (2:255) is protection for all who

recite it against every evil. We should know that we must tum to

Allah Almighty because He alone has the power to protect us and

guard us. We pray to Allah Almighty to protect us from evil in this

world and the Next World and to give us success and bless usin

our deen and in this world. He hears and answers our prayers.

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