Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 124 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Quotes That Are Not in the Book

كن في الفتنةِ كابنِ اللبونِ، لا ظهرٌ فيُركبَ، ولا ضرعٌ فيُحلب.

In times of strife, be like the young camel: no back to be ridden, no udder to be milked.

No. 124

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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