Top 100 Ali Ibn Abi Talib Quotes
#1. Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.
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#2. Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price
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#5. Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.
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#6. Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.
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#7. True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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#8. There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.
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#9. A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.
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#10. A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.
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#12. There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.
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#14. Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him
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#15. Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
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#17. The emaan of a person cannot be true until he has more trust in that which is in Allah's Hands than that which is in his own hands.
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#18. The one from among the Muslims who recites the Qur'an but in the end finds his way to hell, is considerd to be among those that have taken the word of Allah in jest.
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#19. Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile.
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#20. Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.
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#21. It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.
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#23. I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.
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#26. Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur'an is by far, higher than memorizing.
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#28. The most precious wealth is wisdom, and the most miserable poverty is stupidity.
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#29. Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.
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#31. Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
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#32. Don't engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.
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#33. If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.
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#35. When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.
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#36. One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.
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#37. Look for the man who's beaten. Feed him from my food, irrigate him from my water. Soul is for soul. He should be given only one equal hit regardless if I died. I would judge him regardless if I lived.
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#38. How foolish is man! He ruins the present while worrying about the future, but weeps in the future by recalling his past!
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#39. Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.
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#40. Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.
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#41. The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
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#42. Work for a Better Life as if you live forever,
And work for Better End as if you die tomorrow
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#44. When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.
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#45. I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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#46. To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.
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#48. Beware of the flight of Blessings,
For nothing that runs away is returned.
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#50. 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.
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#51. People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
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#52. Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
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#53. There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.
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#54. The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the head is chopped off, the body becomes useless. Then he raised his voice and said: Certainly, the one who has no patience has no iman, and patience is like a riding-beast that nevers gets tired
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#55. 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.
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#56. Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people
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#57. Envy of prosperity, confirmers of scourge, desperate of hope. They have a victim in every certain way, a mediator to every heart, and a tear in every complaint.
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#58. Work for your afterlife as if you will die tomorrow, and work for this life as if you will live forever
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#59. The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.
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#62. The real Muslim is the one who prefers speaking the truth even when it is ruinous to him over lying even when it benefits him, and who finds inner peace in doing so.
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#64. One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.
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#65. O World, try to deceive someone else. Are you trying to tempt me or attract me? No way! I divorce you irrevocably. Your time is short and you are insignificant. Alas! The provision is little, the journey is long and the way is lonely.
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#69. Put aside your pride,
Set down your arrogance,
And remember your grave.
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#72. Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!
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#73. People are like waves of the ocean, some cover you with tides of refreshment, whilst others drown you in floods of turmoil
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#74. The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.
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#75. A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.
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#76. Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
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#77. He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
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#78. Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.
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#79. The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.
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#80. Either you are just or unjust. If you are just, then you will not keep aloof from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But if you are unjust, the people themselves will keep away from you.
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#81. The moment you start arguing with an ignorant fool, you have already lost.
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#86. There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.
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#88. Your cure is within you, yet you do not sense it! Your sickness is from you, yet you do not see it! You consider yourself a small body; Yet encapsulated within you is the entire universe!
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#91. Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.
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#92. The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
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#93. Half of wisdom is love and friendship with people.(the other half is to guard yourself against the evils of people)
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#94. A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.
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#95. People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
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#96. Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.
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#97. A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.
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#99. Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
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#100. A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
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