20إِذا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزوعًاMuhammad Asad[As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;1The participle jazu - derived from the verb jazi'a - combines the concepts of "lacking patience" and "lamenting over one's misfortune", and is therefore the contrary of sabr (Jawhari).