Motif
Envy as satanic and soul-killing impurity
envy_as_satanic_and_soul_killing_impurity
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Mesnevi OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 6334-6443 confidence: high
Envy is said to be Satan's sin; Satan envied Adam's rise. Life is likened to a steep mountain-pass, flesh to a hot-bed of envy, and the Lord is invoked against envy.
Envy is linked to Satan's envy of Adam, described as a heavy burden and as a force that may kill the soul, and is countered by invoking God and cleansing the inner house.
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