Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

DOUSE THE FIRE OF JEALOUSY One should always be positive, never indulging in negative thinking. Jealousy is a killer of positive thought that closes the door to one’s progress. T he Prophet of Islam once said: “Avoid envy, for envy devours good deeds just as fire devours fuel or dry wood.” (Sunan Abu Dawood 4903) Envy or jealousy is a feeling of resentment at another’s greatness. When you feel jealousy it is you yourself who suffers. It is a feeling of unhappiness that you cannot be so great or achieve or have so much as another person. The system of this world is so arranged that people cannot achieve equal success. Here some have more and some have less. This is the law of nature. In such a situation, being jealous of others’ greatness is like fighting with nature and no one can succeed by pursuing such a course. The secret of worldly success is to be positive in one’s thinking and never indulge in negative thinking. But