Epistle of James (Ya'aqub) - Chapter 4:

1 What has caused all of the fighting among you? Is it not from the lusts which war in all of your members? 2 You covet, yet you do not possess anything; you kill, and envy, and yet you still do not obtain anything; you fight against and attack others; and you do not have anything because you do not ask for it. 3 You ask, and yet you do not receive because you ask in such an evil way in order that you attend to your desires.

4 You adulterers, do you not know that the love of this world is hostility towards Alaha? Therefore, it stands to reason that you who choose to love this world are an enemy of Alaha. 5 The spirit dwelling in us lusts with envy. 6 But Maran has given us more grace. Alaha humbles the proud, and gives grace to the meek.

7 Therefore, be in subjection to the Will of Alaha; if you stand firm against the evil one he will flee from you. 8 Draw close to Alaha and he will draw close to you. Go and wash your hands, all of you who sin; sanctify your hearts, all of you who have a divided mind. 9 Humble yourselves, and mourn; let your laughter be turned into crying, and your joy into grief. 10 Humble yourselves before Mar-Yah and he will exalt you. 11 My brethren, do not speak against each other; for he that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against Torah, and judges Torah. And if you judge Torah, you are not Torah observant, but its judge.

12 There is One who gave Torah and he is Judge; and it is he who can cause life and death; but who are you, little man, that you think you have the right to judge your neighbour? 13 But what shall we say of those, who say: "Today or tomorrow we will go to such-and-such city, and will take up residence there for a year; and we will trade there and make a profit"? 14 You do not know what will occur tomorrow; for what is our life, but an exhalation that is seen for only a short time, and then it vanishes and is gone? 15 Instead, they should being saying: "If it is in accordance with the Will of Mar-Yah, we will live and we will do this or that". 16 However, they are full of arrogance and boasting, and all of these things are evil. 17 Be careful, for he who knows that which is right, yet fails to observe them commits sin and becomes unclean.