Quotes & Sayings About Imam Ali A.s

The ignorant man does not understand the learned for he has never been learned himself. — Imam Ali

And be aware that people fall under one of two categories: they are either your brother and sister in faith, or they are your counterpart in humanity. — Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb

To respect the learned is to respect God — Imam Ali

The group with it's impurities is better than sectarianism with it's purity. — Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib

But when a faithful Muslim is alone by himself, he is not lonely. As a matter of fact being alone is prized by faithful Muslims. There is a Hadith from Imam Sajjad (A.S.) in which the Imam is quoted as saying: 'If all between the East and West were to die, I would not feel lonely as long as the Qur'an was with me. — Mohammad Ali Shomali

Indeed, Robert Jordan, the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, noted in 2003: "We have noticed lately in influential mosques the imam has condemned terrorism and preached in favor of tolerance, then closed the sermon with 'O God, please destroy the Jews, the infidels, and all who support them.' "53 And while it was true that the Saudis managed to get Sheikh Ali bin al-Khudair, in late November 2003, to renounce his radical jihadi stance on prime-time Saudi television, 54 al-Khudair actually dealt largely with the doctrine of takfir - proclaiming Muslims to be infidels. His renunciation might help stop militant Muslim violence against other Muslims, but it simply did not address the problem of jihadi violence against Americans or others outside of Saudi Arabia. His statement seemed designed primarily to preclude attacks against the Saudi government and foreigners inside Saudi Arabia. — Dore Gold

Knowledge creates fear of God — Imam Ali

The learned man understands the ignorant for he was once ignorant himself — Imam Ali

who accompany ignorants, lives in misery. — Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib

O Alaah, i haven't worshiped you because of lusting of heaven or fearing of hill. I've worshiped you because you deserve to be worshiped. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Practice makes knowledge perfect. — Imam Ali

Imam Ali(as) said, " The body experinces six different states: health, sickness, death, life, sleep, and wakefulness, and so does the spirit. Its life is its knowledge and its death is ignorance; its sickness is doubt whereas its health is certainty; its sleep is negligence and its wakefulness is consiousness. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

People are either scholars or learners, everyone else are mobs. — Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb

Get to know the right, then you would know the people of right. Right Is not measured by its men, but men are measured by their right. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

The innumerable fools have made the learned very scarce — Imam Ali

Even with protection, even with death threats, I can publish, I can travel and I can live the life that I want and not the one my parents want or some imam somewhere thinks I should live. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

If you want to test someone's character, give him respect. If he has good character, he will respect you more, if he has bad character, he will think is the best of all. — Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Justice is better than courage as if everyone is fair to others, then there will be no need for courage. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Love is an illness which doesn't have good nor recompense. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Honesty is divine language. — Imam Ali

The most complete gift of God is a life based on knowledge. — Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib

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'However knows himself (his soul or spirit) knows [or has known] his Lord — Mohammad Ali Shomali

Knowledge gives life to the soul — Imam Ali