Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 34 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Knowledge and Speech

يا كُميلُ، العلمُ خيرٌ من المال. العلمُ يحرسُكَ وأنتَ تحرسُ المالَ، والمالُ تنقصُهُ النفقةُ، والعلمُ يزكو على الإنفاق

Kumayl, knowledge is better than wealth. Knowledge guards you, whereas you must guard wealth. Wealth diminishes when you spend it, knowledge flourishes when you share it.

No. 34

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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