Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 62 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Justice and Power

لأن أبيتَ على حسكِ السعدانِ مسهّدًا، أو أُجرَّ في الأغلالِ مصفّدًا، أحبُّ إليَّ من أن ألقى اللهَ ورسولَهُ يومَ القيامةِ ظالمًا لأحد.

I would rather spend the night on a bed of nettles, or be dragged in chains, handcuffed, than to face God and his Prophet having wronged a person.

No. 62

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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