The biggest evil on earth is selfishness and egoism || زمین پر سب سے بڑی برائی خود غرضی اور انا پرستی ہے۔
Hazrat Sheikh Saadi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Once there was a severe drought in Damascus and the situation reached the point that locusts ate vegetables. And humans ate the locusts. Hunger killed the creatures of God.
Sheikh Saadi (may Allah have mercy on him) says that one day. I met a man. Who was very wealthy. I saw him in a situation of extreme distress. As were the condition of the poor of the city.
I inquired him. Do I see you in this condition? How is the problem with you?
He said: O Saadi! Do you not know that there is a situation of famine and All of Allah’s creatures are destroying? I said I know it, but how can famine affect you, that you are rich by the grace of Allah and nothing is impossible for you to have?
Hearing me, the person sighed and said: Saadi, for a sensitive person, how is it possible to become unaware of his surroundings and forget those around him and think only of himself? How can a decent person stand satisfied on the beach after seeing someone drowning in the river?
Of course, I am not feeling hunger and thirst. But I am blocked by the grief of those around me. If a loved one is imprisoned,
Can he live comfortably?
Hazrat Sheikh Saadi (may Allah have mercy on him) says in this narration that the best principle of living in society is to feel the pain of those around you and, if possible, try to alleviate their suffering.
The biggest evil on earth is selfishness and egoism.
There are many people among human beings. Who are not concerned about the profit and losses of others. They are engrossed in their lives and comforts. Then, they become so bold that they don’t hesitate to do even the biggest harm to others for their own little benefit. If a person becomes sensitive like this person, about whom Hazrat Sheikh Saadi has described, then the world will become an example of Paradise in reality.
