Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Rewards
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During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Attitude
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An accepted deed is never small in Taqwa (consciousness of Allah), how can what has been accepted be small?
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Deeds
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Don't engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.
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Collection: Grief
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Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Lying
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There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Knowledgeable Person
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The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Heart
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Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
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Collection: Hate
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He who understands humanity seeks solitude
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Collection: Solitude
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Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.
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Collection: Mother
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Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.
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Collection: Done
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Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Islamic
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A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Patience
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Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Judging
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A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: True Friend
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Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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Do not take someone's silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
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Collection: Fighting
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You should desire for others what you desire for yourself, and hate for others what you hate for yourself. Do not oppress, just as you do not like to be oppressed. Do good to others just as you would like good to be done to you. Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others. Accept that treatment from others which you would like others to accept from you. Do not say to others what you do not like to be said to you.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Hate
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Stubbornness destroys good advice.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wise
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Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Fear
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Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.
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Collection: Hurt
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wise
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: True Friend
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Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
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Collection: Cost
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The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
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Collection: Arrogant
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A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Lazy
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Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Islamic
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Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.
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Collection: Islamic
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A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wise
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If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Grateful
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Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.
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Collection: Islamic
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Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.
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Collection: Sorrow
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A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Girl
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The word of God is the medicine of the heart.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Heart
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There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Envy
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Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you will die tomorrow.
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Collection: Happy Life
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Silence is the best reply to a fool.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Silence
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Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur'an is by far, higher than memorizing.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Understanding
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Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them. Never, never act with them like a predatory beast which seeks to be satiated by devouring them, for the people fall into two categories: they are either your brethren in faith or your kindred in creation.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Kindness
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O World, try to deceive someone else. Are you trying to tempt me or attract me? No way! I divorce you irrevocably. Your time is short and you are insignificant. Alas! The provision is little, the journey is long and the way is lonely.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Lonely
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The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wise
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Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Heart
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Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company.
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Collection: Long
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Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Blessed
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The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Persons