Anger, revenge, jealousy! Those forces of destruction, relentlessly waging war against peace, corroding the soul, erasing virtue and leaving love in ashes. Beware, brother, of the anger which erupts from jealousy. For if there is a disease which has no cure, it is the anger which is rooted in jealousy. Satan, when God made Adam, felt incredibly jealous, yet managed to control his feelings, until God ordered the Angels, and alongside them the greatly knowledgeable and revered Satan, to prostrate to the First Man, Satan refused. He wanted to be not among those who prostrated. So, God expelled him from Paradise, and cursed be he till the Last Day. He is a clear enemy to the Race of Man, and although the gates of forgiveness are open to everyone, Satan has never and will have never begged pardon from the Most Forgiving Lord of the Worlds: because once jealousy explodes as rage, no path back there is. That is one side of anger which absolutely in no good. Nonetheless, there is a sort ...
The Writings of The Umar Ecrivain