Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 28 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Virtue and Self-Mastery

افعلِ الخيرَ وليقع حيثُ يقعُ، فإن وقعَ في أهلِهِ فهم أهلُهُ، وإن وقعَ في غيرِ أهلِهِ فأنتَ أهله.

Do good and let it fall where it may. If it falls among those worthy of it, then they are [naturally] worthy of it. And if it falls among those unworthy of it, then you are worthy of it.

No. 28

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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