174 one of the strange things that occur in envy is when an envious person says when he hears someone talking about a certain science this is something cold because no one has come before him and no one has said it before him. but if he hears someone explaining what someone else has said he says this is cold and it has been said before him. this is an evil group that has set themselves up to sit on the path of knowledge turning people away from it so that their peers among the ignorant will increase.
١٧٤ من بديع ما يقع في الحسد قول الحاسد إذا سمع إنسانا يغرب في علم ما هذا شيء بارد، إذ لم يتقدم إليه ولا قاله قبله أحد . فإن سمع من يبين ما قد قاله غيره قال هذا بارد وقد قيل قبله . وهذه طائفة سوء قد نصبت أنفسها للقعود على طريق العلم يصدون الناس عنها ليكثر نظراؤهم من الجهال.