The Wolverine
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Which one are you going to feed?
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An old man told his grandson,
"My son. there is a battle between two wolves inside us all."
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"One is Evil. It is anger. jealousy. greed.
resentment, inferiority, lies and ego.
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The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness.
empathy and truth."
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The boy thought about it, and asked.
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Which one are you going to feed?
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An old man told his grandson,
"My son. there is a battle between two wolves inside us all."
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"One is Evil. It is anger. jealousy. greed.
resentment, inferiority, lies and ego.
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The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness.
empathy and truth."
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The boy thought about it, and asked.
"Grandfather, which wolf wins?"
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The old man quietly replied, "the one you feed."
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The glorious Qur'an surah An-Nisa Al-Lail (The Night) (4 to 21)
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إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى 92:4
Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends!
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فَأَمَّا مَن أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى 92:5
Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of God,
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وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى 92:6
and believes in the truth of the ultimate good
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى 92:7
for him shall We make easy the path towards [ultimate] ease.
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وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى (92:8
But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient,
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وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى 92:9
and calls the ultimate good a lie
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى 92:10
for him shall We make easy the path towards hardship
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وَمَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُ مَالُهُ إِذَا تَرَدَّى 92:11
and what will his wealth avail him when he goes down to his grave
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إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَى 92:12
BEHOLD, it is indeed for Us to grace [you] with guidance
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وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْآخِرَةَ وَالْأُولَى 92:13
and, behold, Ours is [the dominion over] the life to come as well as [over] this earlier part [of your life]
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فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّى 92:14
and so I warn you of the raging fire
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لَا يَصْلَاهَا إِلَّا الْأَشْقَى 92:15
[the fire] which none shall have to endure but that most hapless wretch -
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الَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى 92:16
who gives the lie to the truth and turns away from it
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وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى 92:17
For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God
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الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّى 92:18
he that spends his possessions [on others] so that he might grow in purity
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وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَى 92:19
not as payment for favours received
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إِلَّا ابْتِغَاء وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ الْأَعْلَى 92:20
but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest
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وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَى 92:21
and such, indeed, shall in time be well-pleased
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The old man quietly replied, "the one you feed."
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The glorious Qur'an surah An-Nisa Al-Lail (The Night) (4 to 21)
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إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى 92:4
Verily, [O men,] you aim at most divergent ends!
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فَأَمَّا مَن أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى 92:5
Thus, as for him who gives [to others] and is conscious of God,
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وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى 92:6
and believes in the truth of the ultimate good
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى 92:7
for him shall We make easy the path towards [ultimate] ease.
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وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى (92:8
But as for him who is niggardly, and thinks that he is self-sufficient,
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وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى 92:9
and calls the ultimate good a lie
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فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى 92:10
for him shall We make easy the path towards hardship
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وَمَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُ مَالُهُ إِذَا تَرَدَّى 92:11
and what will his wealth avail him when he goes down to his grave
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إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا لَلْهُدَى 92:12
BEHOLD, it is indeed for Us to grace [you] with guidance
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وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلْآخِرَةَ وَالْأُولَى 92:13
and, behold, Ours is [the dominion over] the life to come as well as [over] this earlier part [of your life]
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فَأَنذَرْتُكُمْ نَارًا تَلَظَّى 92:14
and so I warn you of the raging fire
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لَا يَصْلَاهَا إِلَّا الْأَشْقَى 92:15
[the fire] which none shall have to endure but that most hapless wretch -
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الَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى 92:16
who gives the lie to the truth and turns away from it
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وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا الْأَتْقَى 92:17
For, distant from it shall remain he who is truly conscious of God
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الَّذِي يُؤْتِي مَالَهُ يَتَزَكَّى 92:18
he that spends his possessions [on others] so that he might grow in purity
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وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُ مِن نِّعْمَةٍ تُجْزَى 92:19
not as payment for favours received
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إِلَّا ابْتِغَاء وَجْهِ رَبِّهِ الْأَعْلَى 92:20
but only out of a longing for the countenance of his Sustainer, the All-Highest
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وَلَسَوْفَ يَرْضَى 92:21
and such, indeed, shall in time be well-pleased
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