العجزُ آفةٌ، والصبرُ شجاعةٌ، والزهدُ ثروةٌ، والورعُ جنّةٌ، ونعمَ القرينُ الرضى.
Helplessness is a catastrophe, patience is bravery, asceticism is wealth, self-restraint is a shield, and the best companion is submission [to God’s will].
العجزُ آفةٌ، والصبرُ شجاعةٌ، والزهدُ ثروةٌ، والورعُ جنّةٌ، ونعمَ القرينُ الرضى.
Helplessness is a catastrophe, patience is bravery, asceticism is wealth, self-restraint is a shield, and the best companion is submission [to God’s will].
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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