Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 113 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On the Divine and the Soul

يا منِ اسمُهُ دواءٌ، وذكرُهُ شفاءٌ، وطاعتُهُ غِنى، ارحم من رأسُ مالهِ الرجاءُ، وسلاحُهُ البكاءُ، يا سابغَ النعمِ، يا دافعَ النقمِ، يا نورَ المستوحشينَ في الظُّلم.

Your name is remedy, your remembrance is healing, your obedience is wealth. Have mercy on one whose only capital is hope, whose only weapon is tears. O Giver of overflowing blessings, O Turner away of hardships, O Light for the lonely in the depths of darkness.

No. 113

These quotes come from Alone with the Alone, a 264-page bilingual hardcover of 113 quotes from Ali Ibn Abi Talib, with footnotes and an afterword.

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