Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 76 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On the World and Its Illusions

يا أبا ذر، لا يُؤنسنَّكَ إلّا الحقُّ، ولا يُوحشنَّكَ إلّا الباطلُ، فلو قبلتَ دنياهُم لأحبّوكَ، ولو قرضتَ منها لأمّنوك.

Abu Dharr, let nothing comfort you except the truth, and let nothing make you feel lonely except falsehood. Had you accepted their way of life, they would have loved you. And had you taken a share from it, they would have felt safe around you.

No. 76

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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