罪恶会滋生其他罪恶，直到人发现难以戒除。一位前代学者说："罪的惩罚之一，是接着犯下另一桩罪。善行的回报之一，是接着行下另一桩善事。当人行了一件善事，另一件善事便会对他说：'也来做我吧。'他若去做，第三件善事又会如此相劝，如此不断，他的善行及其回报便随之增加。当人犯罪时，同样的事情也会发生，只是方向相反。"因此，善与恶会在人的生活中逐渐固化为习惯与品性。若一个虔诚的人错过了一件善功，他会感到不安，就像离开水的鱼，只有在履行了自己的义务之后才会平静下来。反之，若一个罪人错过了一桩罪行，他也会感到不安，只有犯下那桩罪之后才会释然。事实上，许多罪人犯罪时并不享受其中的滋味，只是为了避免错过之后的戒断反应。一位著名的罪人曾说："我为了享受而喝下一杯酒，接着又喝一杯，以治愈第一杯带来的后果。"

Sins lead to the production of other sins, until one finds it hard to give them up. A scholar of the past has said: "Among the punishments for a sin is committing a subsequent sin . And among the recompenses for a good deed is doing a subsequent good deed. When a person does a good deed, another good deed besides it says: 'Do me as well.' If he does it, a third one says likewise, and so on; therefore, his good deeds, and recompense for them, increase. The same thing occurs, (but in a negative way), when a person commits a sin." Consequently, good and bad deeds become established as habits and attributes in one's life. If a righteous person misses an obedient act, he/she would feel strained. He/she would feel like a fish out of water, and would remain calm only once he/she fulfilled his/her obligations. On the other hand, if a sinner misses a sin, he/she would feel strained, and would be only relax once he/she had committed that sin. In fact, many sinners commit their sins without savouring them, just to prevent the withdrawal symptoms of missing them. One such prominent sinner has said: "One glass (of wine) I drank for pleasure, followed by another to heal myself from it (the first drink)."

罪恶会削弱心的决心，并增强犯更多罪的意志。于是悔改的决心会逐渐减弱，直至从心中完全消失。一旦心的一半已经死去，人就再也无法向真主悔罪了。因此，他会口中极力表示悔改，而心却仍然执着于这些罪，并想方设法坚持去犯。这是心病中最严重的一种，也是所有心病中最具破坏性的。

Sins weaken the determination of the heart, and strengthen the willpower to commit more sins. The resolve for repentance is then weakened gradually, until it is totally removed from the heart. Once half of one's heart is dead, one could no longer repent to Allah ~- So, he/she would express repentance intensely, while his heart is still attached to these sins, insisting on committing them in any possible manner. So this is one of the most serious ailments of the heart, and the most destructive of all.