إذا أقبلتِ الدنيا على أحدٍ أعارتهُ محاسنَ غيرِهِ، وإذا أدبرت عنهُ سلبتهُ محاسنَ نفسِه.
When this world advances toward someone, it attributes to them the virtues of others. When it turns away, it deprives them of their own virtues.
إذا أقبلتِ الدنيا على أحدٍ أعارتهُ محاسنَ غيرِهِ، وإذا أدبرت عنهُ سلبتهُ محاسنَ نفسِه.
When this world advances toward someone, it attributes to them the virtues of others. When it turns away, it deprives them of their own virtues.
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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