Diseases of the Heart · lesson 2
Envy resents a good granted to another person; malice holds hostility; suspicion can turn uncertainty into a damaging story. Qur’an 49:12 and authenticated reports interrupt this chain while preserving responsible action when credible evidence of harm exists.
Envy resents another person’s favour
Qur’an study · An-Nisa
Ayah 4:54
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Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Or do they envy people for what Allāh has given them of His bounty? But We had already given the family of Abraham the Scripture and wisdom and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
Or are they jealous of mankind because of that which Allah of His bounty hath bestowed upon them? For We bestowed upon the house of Abraham (of old) the Scripture and wisdom, and We bestowed on them a mighty kingdom.
Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his bounty? but We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
- Arabic and word segmentation
- Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 4:54. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
- Reading aids
- A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
- Word audio and contextual glosses
- Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
- Named translations
- Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
- Complete recitation
- Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Qur’an 4:54 challenges envy concerning what اللّٰه (ALLAH) has granted people from His bounty. Turn comparison into a lawful request for good and a private act that benefits the person you envied. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه (ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
Read the complete evidence panel before reducing it to a step. The Arabic, named translation, source locator and explanation have different roles; preserving those roles lets a learner worship with confidence without turning a short guide into an unsupported ruling.
Keep three lines in your notes: what the source explicitly says, what this lesson explains, and what still needs clarification. That structure makes later correction clear rather than embarrassing.
Personal questions require honest facts, privacy and appropriately qualified guidance. This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support.
Learning move: Explain “Envy resents another person’s favour” in plain language, name the displayed source and write one private, measurable next action.
Suspicion is not established fact
Qur’an study · Al-Hujurat
Ayah 49:12
A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.
O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.
O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it… But fear Allah: For Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
- Arabic and word segmentation
- Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 49:12. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
- Reading aids
- A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
- Word audio and contextual glosses
- Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
- Named translations
- Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
- Complete recitation
- Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Qur’an 49:12 warns that some suspicion is sinful and joins it with spying and backbiting. Write the difference between what you observed and the story you formed before speaking or searching. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه (ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
A beginner needs a usable route and an honest boundary at the same time. Learn the shared practice first, record any circumstance that changes it, and take medical, financial, disability or school-specific questions to a qualified person who can examine the real case.
Read once for meaning and a second time for boundaries. On the second reading, test strong words such as always, never, invalid and required against the complete evidence shown.
Personal questions require honest facts, privacy and appropriately qualified guidance. This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support.
Learning move: Explain “Suspicion is not established fact” in plain language, name the displayed source and write one private, measurable next action.
The Prophetic warning interrupts a chain
Authenticated hadith study · Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 6066
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Abu Hurairah reported Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) warning against suspicion, fault-seeking, spying, manipulated bidding, envy, hatred and estrangement, and directing the servants of the Creator to live as brothers.
Authenticated evidence that an inward suspicion can lead into outward surveillance, envy, hatred and broken relationships.
Sources used for this hadith panelOpen the collection, locator and grading notes
- Collection and locator
- Sahih al-Bukhari 6066; Book 78, Hadith 96
- Chapter shown by source
- Avoiding suspicion, spying, envy, hatred and estrangement
- Narrator
- Abu Hurairah
- Displayed grading
- Sahih — Collection status: Sahih al-Bukhari. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
- Arabic scope
- The exact teaching excerpt is reproduced without the chain. Open the linked source for the complete narration and context.
- Evidence boundary
- The report does not forbid responsible evidence-gathering for safeguarding, justice or formal investigation. Credible harm must be referred through an appropriate protected route.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6066 links suspicion, fault-seeking, spying, envy, hatred and estrangement. Stop at the earliest stage: do not search private material merely to confirm a disliked assumption. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه (ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
Calm completeness is the goal. Repeating an action without evidence, rushing past a required distinction, or ignoring real harm can all move the learner away from careful worship. Work through the evidence once slowly, check once, and improve through reviewed teaching.
An adult guiding a child should praise careful attention and an honest “I need to ask” answer. The aim is worship with understanding, not performance for the teacher.
Personal questions require honest facts, privacy and appropriately qualified guidance. This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support.
Learning move: Explain “The Prophetic warning interrupts a chain” in plain language, name the displayed source and write one private, measurable next action.
Honour remains protected
Authenticated hadith study · Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 2564a
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Abu Hurairah reported Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding envy, dishonest bidding, hatred and estrangement, and teaching that piety is not established by looking down upon another person.
Authenticated evidence linking heart conduct with honour, dignity and outward treatment.
Sources used for this hadith panelOpen the collection, locator and grading notes
- Collection and locator
- Sahih Muslim 2564a; Book 45, Hadith 40
- Chapter shown by source
- The prohibition of wronging, abandoning or despising another Muslim
- Narrator
- Abu Hurairah
- Displayed grading
- Sahih — Collection status: Sahih Muslim. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
- Arabic scope
- The exact teaching excerpt is reproduced without the chain. Open the linked source for the complete narration and context.
- Evidence boundary
- The report does not erase lawful boundaries or require continued unsafe contact. Abuse, coercion, crime and safeguarding risk need competent intervention.
Sahih Muslim 2564a connects inward piety with refusing oppression, humiliation and contempt. Remove humiliating screenshots, rumours and group-chat speculation, then repair any reputation you harmed. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه (ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
For a younger learner, use plain words, a visual sequence without animate imagery and one correction at a time. Adults should protect privacy, explain unfamiliar terms and never use religious teaching to shame a child.
If terminology becomes difficult, return to the practical question: what is the learner preparing to do, which step is established here, and what fact about the person or situation could change the answer?
Personal questions require honest facts, privacy and appropriately qualified guidance. This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support.
Learning move: Explain “Honour remains protected” in plain language, name the displayed source and write one private, measurable next action.
Safeguarding is not sinful spying
Qur’an study · Al-Isra A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters. Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it. Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself. And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned. (O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked. And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning). Qur’an study · Al-Hujurat A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters. Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it. Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself. O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful. O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful. O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it… But fear Allah: For Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.Ayah 17:36
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Ayah 49:12
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
The prohibition on suspicion does not erase credible disclosures, observable danger or formal duties to protect. Record facts without embellishment and report them to the appropriate safeguarding or legal authority. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه (ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
Distinguish a revealed command, an authenticated Prophetic demonstration and a later legal classification. They work together, but they are not interchangeable. Where recognised schools differ, this resource labels the difference instead of presenting one view as the only Islam.
A resume point can preserve more than scroll position. Save the last completed step, the unresolved question and the next safe action so the learner can continue without unnecessary repetition.
Do not confront a suspected abuser or expose a vulnerable person merely to satisfy curiosity. This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support.
Learning move: Explain “Safeguarding is not sinful spying” in plain language, name the displayed source and write one private, measurable next action.
Malice is repaired without forced closeness
Qur’an study · Al-Hujurat
Ayah 49:12
A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.
O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.
O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it… But fear Allah: For Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
- Arabic and word segmentation
- Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 49:12. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
- Reading aids
- A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
- Word audio and contextual glosses
- Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
- Named translations
- Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
- Complete recitation
- Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
A learner can release hatred, stop backbiting and make a fair decision while still maintaining a necessary boundary. Choose justice, restrained speech and a safe distance where reconciliation would expose someone to harm. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه (ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
Save the exact point that needs review. A useful learning record says what was completed, what remains uncertain, which source was checked and who should help next. That is more valuable than a confident tick beside a misunderstood step.
Explain the practice in plain language before using legal vocabulary. If the simple sentence overstates the evidence, a technical Arabic label will not repair it.
Personal questions require honest facts, privacy and appropriately qualified guidance. This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support.
Learning move: Explain “Malice is repaired without forced closeness” in plain language, name the displayed source and write one private, measurable next action.
Adult companion · lesson · TC-LESSON-174 Envy resents a good granted to another person; malice holds hostility; suspicion can turn uncertainty into a damaging story. Qur’an 49:12 and authenticated reports interrupt this chain while preserving responsible action when credible evidence of harm exists. Your role is to slow the learning down, keep the exact evidence visible and make it safe for the learner to say, “I am not sure yet.” Open the named ayah or hadith before explaining it. Tell the learner whether they are seeing Arabic revelation, a reading aid, a named translation, a hadith translation or editorial teaching. Ask one precise question and wait. If the learner struggles, point to the relevant line, narrow the choice or replay the audio before supplying the answer. Praise honest checking and careful effort. Correct the idea or sound without labelling the learner, and never turn a mistake into embarrassment. Opening words: “We are going to learn one idea carefully and see exactly where it comes from. We can pause, replay and check the source whenever we need to.” Teach one short source phrase and one meaning. Use text cards, colour bands, paths or simple geometric symbols—never a picture of اللّٰه (ALLAH) and never an image that implies His form. Let the child point, match, listen and repeat once or twice. Use two or three evidence cards and ask the learner to match each idea to its locator. Invite a short explanation in their own words, then reopen the source to correct it together. Compare the named English translations where provided. Ask what wording differs, what remains constant, and why a translation must not be called the Arabic Qur’an itself. Require a precise claim, an exact source locator and a stated boundary. Invite the learner to distinguish established meaning from inference and to mark any unresolved question for qualified guidance. Gentle correction: “Let us listen once more and notice where the sound begins,” protects both accuracy and confidence. Complete one task independently before adding another. Adult support should reveal the route, not hide whether the learner can use it.See exactly where this resource comes fromQur’an, authentic hadith and editorial boundaries are kept distinct
Help a learner master Envy, Malice and Suspicion
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