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Islamic Quotes by Ali ibn Abi Talib
- A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.
- 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…
- Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.
- How many lessons there are and how little they are taken
- Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price
- Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the…
- 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…
- The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
- Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
- Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
- The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
- 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…
- One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.
- 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…
- Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
- Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often…
- 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…
- 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…
- Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people
- To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the…
- Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.
- A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.
- Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
- Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.
- Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.
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