Top 120 Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

52. “There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

53. “Vanity prevents improvement.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

54. “An alert and learned man will take advice from any event.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

55. “There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

56. “Like your body, your mind also gets tired, so refresh it with wise sayings.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

57. “The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

58. “Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

59. “Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

60. “Happiness comes towards those who believe in him.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

61. “A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

62. “Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

63. “Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

64. “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 Abi Talib

65. “There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

66. “Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

67. “Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

68. “He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

69. “How many lessons there are and how little they are taken.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

70. “Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

71. “Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

72. “The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

73. “Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

74. “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

75. “The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the head is chopped off, the body becomes useless. Then he raised his voice and said: Certainly, the one who has no patience has no iman, and patience is like a riding-beast that nevers gets tired.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

76. “He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

77. “To whatever extent a person’s knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

78. “Poverty is the worst form of death.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

79. “Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

80. “Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

81. “Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

82. “Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

83. “He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

84. “To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

85. “Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

86. “There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

87. “Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

88. “There is no nobility with bad manners.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

89. “Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

90. “A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

91. “Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

92. “To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

93. “A man’s behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

94. “A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

95. “Either you are just or unjust. If you are just, then you will not keep aloof from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But if you are unjust, the people themselves will keep away from you.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

96. “Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

97. “Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

98. “Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

99. “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

100. “The one from among the Muslims who recites the Qur’an but in the end finds his way to hell, is considerd to be among those that have taken the word of Allah in jest.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib