Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes


Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and obedience. He has favoured it with noble precepts, exalted principles, undoubtable arguments, unchallengeable supremacy and undeniable wisdom. It is up to you to maintain the eminence and dignity granted to it by the Lord, to follow it sincerely, to do justice to its articles of faith and belief, to obey implicitly its tenets and orders and to give it the proper place in your lives.


Citations

Ali ibn Abi Talib. Nahj al-Balaghah. Translated by Syed Askari Jafery, Islamic Seminary Publications, 1977, Sermon 198.

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Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Ali ibn Abi Talib was a cousin, son-in-law and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who ruled as the fourth caliph from 656 until his assassination in 661. He is one of the central figures in Shia Islam and is regarded as the rightful immediate successor to Muhammad as an Imam by Shia Muslims.