The Daybreak

Some people have evil eyes—which basically means that they may look at you with jealousy, and this will cause bad things to happen to you. We should try to protect ourselves from evil eyes by protecting our privacy, especially online. We don't have to tell people about everything that Allah has blessed us with. We don't have to take a selfie and post it on social media every time we go to an expensive restaurant or buy a fancy pair of shoes. Also, we need to recite this Surah and the next one, as well as morning and evening **du'as** (known as **azkar**) for protection.

Envy is not a good quality. Some people become jealous when they see a person with many blessings. They even wish that those blessings are taken away from that person. Those who envy others are disrespectful to Allah because they think He doesn't put blessings in the right place. Jealous people harm themselves before they harm others.

This is a fictional story of 3 people who used to work for a store. They always got each other in trouble because they were jealous of one another. One day, the store owner asked them to travel a long distance to buy things for the store. On the way, they got lost in the desert, and used up all the food and water they had with them. As they starved, they decided to dig a hole in search of water. However, they found a magic lamp instead. When they rubbed it, the genie came out and told them that each had only one wish. They started to fight over who should start first. One of them snatched the lamp and asked the genie to send him back to the store, and poof, he found himself in the store. The next guy punched the other in the face, and asked the genie to take him back to the store, and poof, he found himself in the store with the other guy. The third one was very mad because they left him behind with the genie. He demanded, 'Here is my wish: I want these two guys back right now!' And poof.