The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return.
- Ali Bin Abi Talib
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Like clouds
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Quotes on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The superiority of amassing knowledge over wealth
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Quotes on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The superiority of amassing knowledge over wealth is that the Pharaoh’s vast wealth caused him to say, “Truly I’m deserving of your worship.” Whereas the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) vast knowledge caused him to say, “Truly we have not worshipped You as You deserve to be worshipped.
[Ali radi Allah anhu]
2 types of good in the dunya
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Arabic, Quotes, tagged ali bin abi talib, dunya on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ali – radiyallaahu anhu – said:
There is no good in the dunya except two (types of) people: Someone who commits a sin then corrects it with tawbah and another who hastens to do good deeds.
قال علي رضي الله عنه
: لا خير في الدنيا إلا رجلين: رجل أذنب ذنوبا فهو يتداركها بالتوبة ورجل يسارع في الخيرات
Your boat in this ocean
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Quotes, Sabr on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Oh my son! This world is like an ocean in which many a creation had drowned. Make, therefore, the fear of God your boat in this ocean; your faith the main hull of the boat; reliance on God as its sails; reason as its rower; knowledge as its captain; and patience as its anchor.”
- Ali [...]
Generosity and Gratitude
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Quotes, Ramadan, tagged ali bin abi talib, gratitude, shukr on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Allah’s Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases.
[Ali ibn Abu Talib]
Be cautious of death, for there is no escaping it
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Reminders on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It is narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (radhiallahu `anhu) that he said in his Khutbah
(sermon):
‘O slaves of Allah! Be cautious of death; be cautious of death, for there is no escaping it. If you stand up to it, it will take you and if you flee from it then it will only catch up [...]
Oppression
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r), Arabic, Poetry, Quotes, Reminders on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
قال على بن أبي طالب :
لا تظـلمنَّ إِذا مـا كنتَ مقتـدراً * فالظـلمُ مـرتعُه يفضي إِلى النـدمِ
تنـامُ عينـكَ والمظـلومُ منتبـهٌ * يدعـو عليـكَ وعيـنُ اللّهِ لم تنـمِ
Never oppress if you are in a position to do so
For oppression, its field only leads to regret
Your eyes may sleep, but the oppressed one is attentive
Cursing against [...]
Posted in Ali bin Abi Talib (r) on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
O Allah!
I take refuge with you
from appearing to the public
to be better than I am
while my inner mind
is repulsive to You
for what it conceals,
preventing the people
from lamenting over me
for all that You know of me,
for I would be showing the people
a fine exterior
while informing You
of the evil of my actions
drawing near to mortals
while distancing myself
from [...]
