This sermon on how love conquers envy was part of a sermon series on how grace covers our shame. The remarkable response to Brené Brown’s TED Talks on shame is one indicator of how pervasive shame is.

All praise is due to Allah alone, and so we praise Him, ask Him to assist us, and beg Him to forgive us. We seek refuge with Him from the evils of our own selves and from the evil results of our bad ...

Verily, all praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His assistance and we ask for His forgiveness. And we seek refuge in Him from the evils of ourselves. Whoever Allah guides, none can misguide.

The essayist Joseph Epstein writes, "Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all." There's plenty of research to back up Epstein's statement. Psychologists have found that envy decreases life ...