Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 123 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Quotes That Are Not in the Book

يا بُنيَّ، أكثِر من ذكرِ الموتِ، وذكرِ ما تهجمُ عليهِ، وتنتقلُ إليهِ بعد الموتِ، حتّى يأتيَكَ وقد أخذتَ منهُ حذرَكَ، وشددتَ لهُ أزرَكَ، ولا يأتيَكَ بغتةً فيبهرَك.

My son, remember death often, so that when it comes, you are already on your guard, steeled for it, unsurprised by it.

No. 123

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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