Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 68 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Endurance and Patience

إن صبرتَ جرت عليكَ المقاديرُ وأنتَ مأجورٌ، وإن جزعتَ جرت عليكَ المقاديرُ وأنتَ مأزور.

Be patient, and destiny unfolds while you are rewarded. Despair, and destiny unfolds while you suffer.

No. 68

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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