Protecting Oneself Against the Ill Will of Others

Musa Kâzım GÜLÇÜR Now let us look at ways that we can be saved from the ill will of others. The following verse commands that we seek refuge with God from “the evil of” four things: “Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak from the evil of what He has created, and … Protecting Oneself Against the Ill Will of Others yazısını okumaya devam et

The Subject of Envy In the Qur’an

Musa Kâzım GÜLÇÜR In the Qur’anic verses that deal with this feeling of envy there is a general distinction between two types of hasad —that of individuals and that of societies. Here these two varieties of resentment will be discussed, and we will look at how we can protect ourselves against each of them. “If … The Subject of Envy In the Qur’an yazısını okumaya devam et

Avoiding an Evil Attitude Toward Others

Musa Kâzım GÜLÇÜR The term hasad, which means that one is not comfortable with the blessings of another person, is a feeling of resentment that someone else has a particular possession, attainment, or endowment, wishing that they did not have it or that they lose it. [Ibn Manzur, Lisan al-Arab, 3/148.] This is one of … Avoiding an Evil Attitude Toward Others yazısını okumaya devam et