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Abū al-H̩asan ʿAlī ibn Abī T̩ālib , souvent désigné simplement par son prénom Ali , est le fils d'Abû Tâlib, oncle du prophète de l'islam Mahomet, qui l’a élevé et protégé comme son propre fils après la mort de son grand-père ‘Abd al-Mottalib. Ali est né vers 600, à La Mecque , une dizaine d'années avant le début de la mission prophétique de Mahomet. Il a été à la fois le protégé, le cousin, le disciple et le gendre de Mahomet en épousant sa fille Fâtima, née de sa première épouse Khadija en 622.

Selon les chiites, Ali est né à l'intérieur de la Kaaba, à La Mecque, où il est resté avec sa mère pendant trois jours. Selon une tradition, Mahomet est la première personne qui a vu Ali. Mahomet a pris le nouveau-né dans ses mains et l'a nommé Ali, qui signifie « celui exalté ».

Ali fait partie des ahlul bayt, la famille du Prophète, qui tiennent une place de haut rang dans l’islam.

Il a été le quatrième calife de l'islam . Alî a été le premier imam pour les chiites et l'ascendant du reste des imams. Il fut le père de al-Hassan et de al-Hussein.

Son nom signifie « élevé ».

✵ 15. septembre 601 – 29. janvier 661
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Ali ibn Abi Talib: Citations en anglais

“A virtuous person is better than virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.”

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Ali livre Nahj al-Balagha

Nahj al-Balagha

“It is wiser to abstain than to repent.”

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“Whoever warns you against sins and vices is like the one who gives you good tidings.”

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“To refrain from unlawful and impious source of pleasures is an ornament to the poor and to be thankful for the riches granted is the adornment of wealth.”

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“Many persons get nothing out of their fasts but hunger and thirst, many more get nothing out of their night prayers but exertions and sleepless nights. Wise and sagacious persons are praiseworthy even if they do not fast and sleep during the nights.”

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“A conceited and self-admiring person is disliked by others; charity and alms are the best remedy for ailments and calamities; one has to account in the next world for the deeds that he has done in this world.”

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“Nawf bin Fizala Bakali, the famous scholar of the early Islamic days says that one night he was with Imam Ali. In the middle of the night, Imam Ali got up from his bed, looked for sometime at the stars and inquired of Nawf whether he was awake. Nawf said: "I got from my bed replying, "Yes, Amirul Mo'minin (Commander of the Faithful)! I am awake."”

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“Allah seeks you to thank Him and assigns to you His affairs. He has allowed time in the limited field (of life) so that you may vie with each other in seeking the reward (of Paradise). Therefore, tight up your girdles and wrap up the skirts. High courage and dinners do not go together. Sleep causes weakness in the big affairs of the day and (its) darkness obliterates the memories of courage.”

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“Do not get angry and lose your temper quickly over the mistakes and failures of those over whom you rule. On the contrary, be patient and sympathetic with them.”

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Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53: An order to Malik Al-Ashtar

“These are the orders issued by the creature of Allah, Ali, the son Abu Taalib to Maalik, the son of Ashtar when he appointed Maalik as the Governor of Egypt to collect zakat there, to combat the enemies of Islam and Egypt, to work for the welfare of its people and to look after its prosperity.”

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Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53: An order to Malik Al-Ashtar

“Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after his request, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.”

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“Nawf! Prophet David (Daud) once got up at such an hour in the night and said this was the hour when prayers of everyone who prayed were accepted except of those who forcibly collected revenues or who were scandal- mongers or were persons in the police force of a despotic regime or were musicians.”

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“Where are those who protect honour, and those self-respecting persons who defend respectable persons in the time of hardship? Shame is behind you while Paradise is in front of you.”

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

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Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol. 78, p. 6
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

“There are four causes of infidelity and loss of belief in Allah: hankering after whims, a passion to dispute every argument, deviation from truth; and dissension, because whoever hankers after whims does not incline towards truth; whoever keeps on disputing every argument on account of his ignorance, will always remain blind to truth, whoever deviates from truth because of ignorance, will always take good for evil and evil for good and he will always remain intoxicated with misguidance. And whoever makes a breach (with Allah and His Messenger) his path becomes difficult, his affairs will become complicated and his way to salvation will be uncertain.
Similarly, doubt has also four aspects absurd reasoning; fear; vacillation and hesitation; and unreasonable surrender to infidelity, because one who has accustomed himself to unreasonable and absurd discussions will never see the Light of Truth and will always live in the darkness of ignorance. One who is afraid to face facts (of life, death and the life after death) will always turn away from ultimate reality, one who allows doubts and uncertainties to vacillate him will always be under the control of Satan and one who surrenders himself to infidelity accepts damnation in both the worlds.”

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“Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur'an is by far, higher than memorizing.”

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Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol. 4, p. 418
Regarding the Qur'an

“Our affairs are attached to the destiny decreed by Allah, even our best plans may lead us to destruction.”

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“He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.”

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As quoted in "Considerations By the Way" in Conduct of Life by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Variant translation: Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough

“There is enough light for one who wants to see.”

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“Imam Ali said Nawf! Those are the fortunate people who adopt piety as the principle of their lives and are fully attentive to their welfare for the Hereafter. They accept bare earth as the most comfortable bed and water as the most pleasant drink. They adopt the Holy Qur'an and prayers as their guide and protector and like Prophet Jesus Christ (Isa) they forsake the world and its vicious pleasure.”

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“Wealth is the fountain head of passions.”

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“Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.”

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Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol. 60, p. 299, no.5
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

“If matters get mixed up then scrutinize the cause and you will know what the effects will be.”

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“There are people who worship Allah to gain His Favors, this is the worship of traders; while there are some who worship Him to keep themselves free from His Wrath, this is the worship of slaves; a few who obey Him out' of their sense of gratitude and obligations, this is the worship of free and noble men.”

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“If you cannot get things as much as you desire than be contented with what you have.”

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“If you ever feel any pride or vanity on account of your sway and rule over your subjects then think of the supreme sway and rule of the Lord over the Universe, the extent of His creations, the supremacy of His Might and Glory, His Power to do things which you cannot even dream of doing and His control over you which is more dominating than that which you can ever achieve over anything around you. Such thoughts will cure your mental weakness, will keep you away from vanity and rebellion (against Allah), will reduce your arrogance and haughtiness and will take you back to the sanity which you had foolishly deserted… Try carefully to realize that a ruler can create goodwill in the minds of his subjects and can make them faithful and sincere to him only when he is kind and considerate to them, when he reduces their troubles, when he does not oppress them and when he never asks for things which are beyond their power. These are the principles which you should keep in mind and act upon.”

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Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53: An order to Malik Al-Ashtar

“I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.”

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“If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.”

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