Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, ruling over the Islamic caliphate from 656 to 661...
ProfessionClergyman
hurt hate heart
Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.
hate greater knows
Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
hate desire done
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.
hate thinking giving
Hate no one, no matter how much they've wronged you. Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become. Think positively, no matter how hard life is. Give much, even if you've been given little. Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, and forgive who has wronged you, and do not stop praying for the best for those you love.
If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.
afterlife die life
Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.
man quotes
A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.
let-me me-alone
Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
believe
Happiness comes towards those which believe in him
education men practice
Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.
sorrow bears calamity
Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.
rewards prize listeners
Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward.
men target world
In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught is liable to choke one, here one never receives a favour until he loses another instead, here every additional day in one's life is a day reduced from the total span of his existence, when death is the natural outcome of life, how can we expect immortality.
attitude people trying
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.