Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 56 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Justice and Power

إذا قدرتَ على عدوّكَ فاجعلِ العفوَ عنهُ شكرًا للقدرةِ عليه.

When you gain power over your adversary, pardon them, as thanks for being able to overpower them.

No. 56

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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