If you hear the beating of resentful words in your ears, do not worry – jealousy is not something new. As a poet said “Devote yourself to the gathering of virtues, and work, and turn your back on someone who cools his jealousy by giving you censure,
Know that your life’s-span is the season of good deeds, in it, they may be accepted, and after it is death, when all jealousy ceases.”
A wise person said:
“When facing criticism or the unjust rebuke, those who have sensitive feelings must pour a certain amount of coolness into their nerves by force.”
Another said:
“The coward dies many death and the brave man dies one.”
If God wishes good for one of His slaves, He covers him with slumber as a security, as occurred to Talha (may Allahu be pleased with him) before the battle of Uhud. A short time before the battle, while the disbelievers waited in nervous apprehension, he was covered with a slumber that made him, on few occasions, drop his sword, so serene and calm did he feel.
‘Ali (may Allahu be pleased with him) said:
“Which of the two days of death do I fear? The day in which it was not decreed for me to die or the day in which death was preordained for me. As for the former, I fear it not. And as for the latter, it is destined to happen, and even cautious ones cannot be saved on that day.”
Abu Bakr (may Allahu be pleased with him) said: “seek out death (i.e. be brave) and you shall be granted life .”
