Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 33 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Knowledge and Speech

ولا يستحينَّ أحدٌ منكم إذا سُئلَ عمّا لا يعلمُ أن يقولَ لا أعلم. ولا يستحينَّ أحدٌ إذا لم يعلمِ الشيءَ أن يتعلّمه.

Let no one among you be ashamed, when asked about something they do not know, to say, “I do not know.” And let no one among you be ashamed, when they do not know something, to go and learn it.

No. 33

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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