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Sura 113
Aya 5
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وَمِن شَرِّ حاسِدٍ إِذا حَسَدَ

Muhammad Asad

"and from the evil of the envious when he envies."1
  • I.e., from the effects - moral and social- which another person's envy may have on one's life, as well as from succumbing oneself to the evil of envy. In this connection, Zamakhshari quotes a saying of the Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (called "the Second Umar" on account of his piety and integrity): "I cannot think of any wrongdoer (zalim) who is more likely to be the wronged one (mazlum) than he who envies another."