Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes - Page 5

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• The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Use

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• Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become slight for him.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Believe

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• Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Appearance, Misled, Deceptive

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• Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Islamic, Punishment, Advice

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• The best companion and helper is admirable morals.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Moral, Companion, Admirable

  "'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights')". Hadith book by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Volume 77,

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• If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Return, Merit, Initiative

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• He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wise, Wisdom, Hardship

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• Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, World

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• Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Meaningful, Wisdom, Islamic

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• Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Islamic, Speak Less, Causes

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• Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and obedience. He has favoured it with noble precepts, exalted principles, undoubtable arguments, unchallengeable supremacy and undeniable wisdom. It is up to you to maintain the eminence and dignity granted to it by the Lord, to follow it sincerely, to do justice to its articles of faith and belief, to obey implicitly its tenets and orders and to give it the proper place in your lives.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Order

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• Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Riches, Poverty

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• I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Eating, Cattle, Delicious Food

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• Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Piercings

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• A man is hid under his tongue.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Men, Tongue

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• The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Heart, Body, Disease

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• There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Advancement, Prosperity, Pondering

  "'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights')". Hadith book by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Volume 1,

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• There is no nobility with bad manners.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Manners, Nobility, Bad Manners

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• Beware of the flight of Blessings,
  For nothing that runs away is returned.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Running, Wisdom, Islamic

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• He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Hands, Secret, Insightful

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• Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Ignorance

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• To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Soul, Attention, Increase

  "Mustadrak al-Wasāʼil wa-mustanbaṭ al-masāʼil". Book by Ḥusayn Taqī al-Nūrī Ṭabarsī, Volume 11,

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• Glory is for none but the learned,
  Guided are they - and proofs for seekers of guidance.
  Every person is measured based on how much of it (knowledge) he mastered,
  The ignorant are to the learned their enemies,
  Succeed with knowledge and live energetically forever,
  Men are all dead, only the possessors of knowledge are truly alive

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Men

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• Poverty is the worst form of death.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Poverty, Form, Worst

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• Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Body, No Patience, Persons

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