Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 85 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On the World and Its Illusions

أهلُ الدنيا كركبٍ يُسارُ بهم وهم نيام.

The people of this world are like riders being led on while they sleep.

No. 85

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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