Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 30 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Virtue and Self-Mastery

دواؤكَ فيكَ وما تُبصِرُ
وداؤكَ منكَ وما تَشعُرُ
وتحسَبُ أنّكَ جُرمٌ صغيرُ
وفيكَ انطوى العالَمُ الأكبرُ

Your remedy is within you, but you see it not
Your ailment is from you, but you sense it not
You think yourself a trivial speck
When inside you there lies an entire universe

No. 30

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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