“Patience in a person glows like a jewel.”

—  Husayn ibn Ali

[Mizan al-Hikmah, Muhammadi Reishahri, Muhammad, Dar al-Hadith, 2010, 3, Qum, 217]
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The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib 626–680

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