Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 86 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On the World and Its Illusions

من طابَ مطعمُهُ طالَ وقوفهُ بينَ يدِي الله.

The finer a person’s food in this world, the longer they’ll answer for it in the next.

No. 86

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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