فاعلُ الخيرِ خيرٌ منه، وفاعلُ الشرِّ شرٌّ منه.
The doer of good is better than the good itself. The doer of evil is worse than the evil itself.
فاعلُ الخيرِ خيرٌ منه، وفاعلُ الشرِّ شرٌّ منه.
The doer of good is better than the good itself. The doer of evil is worse than the evil itself.
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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