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Now satan had filled the man's heart with pride and love of
his possession so much that he had forgotten the time when
he had been a poor leper disliked by everyone. satan
whispered to the man and made him forget just how much
Allah had blessed him, so he began to make up different
excuses to the angel he thought was a leper.

Finally, he told the angel, "I have far too many commitments
to take care off." And refused to help him.


Then the angel said to him, "I am sure I have seen you
before, weren't you the leper that everyone disliked and
whom Allah made rich?"

The man, in his ingratitude, said to the angel, "No, not me, I
inherited my property from my family."