Quote No. 49 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Justice and Power

1. 49

   لو أُعطيتُ الأقاليمَ السبعةَ...

   If I were offered the seven realms . . .

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2. 49

   بما تحتَ أفلاكِها...

   and all that lies beneath their skies . . .

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3. 49

   على أن أعصيَ اللهَ في نملةٍ...

   in exchange for disobeying God by . . .

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4. 49

   أسلبُها جُلبَ شعيرةٍ...

   taking from an ant the husk of a barley grain . . .

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5. 49

   ما فعلت.

   I would never do it.

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