اعجبوا لهذا الإنسانِ ينظرُ بشحمٍ، ويتكلّمُ بلحمٍ، ويسمعُ بعظمٍ، ويتنفّسُ من خرم.
How wonderful is man. He sees with a piece of fat, talks with a piece of flesh, hears with a bone, and breathes through a hole.
اعجبوا لهذا الإنسانِ ينظرُ بشحمٍ، ويتكلّمُ بلحمٍ، ويسمعُ بعظمٍ، ويتنفّسُ من خرم.
How wonderful is man. He sees with a piece of fat, talks with a piece of flesh, hears with a bone, and breathes through a hole.
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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