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Resentment is a psychological state where an individual harbors hidden animosity toward another, awaiting the right moment to act upon it. | Resentment is a psychological state where an individual harbors hidden animosity toward another, awaiting the right moment to act upon it.<ref>Narāqī, Aḥmad, Miʿrāj al-Saʿāda, Nāshir: Kashf al-Ghiṭāʾ, First Edition, 82, p. 200.</ref> It is distinguished as a purely internal feeling; if acted upon, it escalates to enmity. Resentment arises as a consequence of unresolved anger, especially when an individual suppresses their anger rather than expressing it.<ref>Narāqī, Aḥmad, Miʿrāj al-Saʿāda, Nāshir: Kashf al-Ghiṭāʾ, First Edition, 82, p. 200.</ref> | ||
Islamic teachings describe resentment as incompatible with genuine faith. A resentful person is considered deprived of true belief.<ref>Muḥammadī Ray Shahrī, Mīzān al-Ḥikma, trans. Ḥamīd Riḍā Mashāyikhī, Dār al-Ḥadīth, First Edition, 1377 SH, vol. 3, p. 1221, Bāb Ḥiqd.</ref> | Islamic teachings describe resentment as incompatible with genuine faith. A resentful person is considered deprived of true belief.<ref>Muḥammadī Ray Shahrī, Mīzān al-Ḥikma, trans. Ḥamīd Riḍā Mashāyikhī, Dār al-Ḥadīth, First Edition, 1377 SH, vol. 3, p. 1221, Bāb Ḥiqd.</ref> | ||