Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 27 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Virtue and Self-Mastery

عجِبتُ للمتكبّرِ الذي كانَ بالأمسِ نطفةً ويكونُ غدًا جيفة.

I marvel at the arrogant person, who was yesterday a drop of fluid and will tomorrow be a corpse.

No. 27

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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