Ali Quotes

“There is no youth but Ali, and there is no sword but Dhulfiqar,” was a statement in honor of Ali that the Prophet Muhammad had repeated on numerous occasions.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“O’ Muhammad, God sends you His peace and says, ‘I have forbidden Hellfire on the backbone that begot you, the womb that held you, and the chest that embraced you…” He responded, “O’ Gabriel, who are they?” “The backbone that begot you is your father, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, while the womb that held you is your mother, Amina bint Wahab. And as for the chest that embraced you, it is Abd Manaf ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Asad.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“The strength I exerted at Khaybar was for God; here I break the bread for myself,”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“If you enquire how I am, then listen that I am enduring and strong against the vicissitudes of time. – Ali”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“Dear world, go and fool someone other than me. You will not stand a chance with me.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“Here, I found you a part of myself, rather I found you my whole, so much so that if anything befell you, it was as though it befell me and if death came to you, it was as though it came to me. Consequently, your affairs meant to me what my own matters meant to me.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“My Lord, I do not worship you out of fear, nor do I worship you out of greed. I worship you as I found you worthy of worship.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“Whoever knows himself will know his Lord,” Ali repeated to his companions.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“If you enquire how I am, then listen that I am enduring and strong against the vicissitudes of time.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“The conflict would not end with Muawiya: it was the eternal conflict between truth and falsehood”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“Muawiya carried on the legacy of his father and established the dynasty of the Umayyads – one that would last for nearly a century. A family that hated the Prophet and his religion, unable to conquer him as enemies of the faith, would enter the religion and conquer from within”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“Abu Sufyan was the Prophet’s greatest enemy. Muawiya was raised in the house that cursed the Prophet’s name, and swore vengeance against anything that lived and breathed in his praise. “By the name that I swear by, there is no Heaven nor Hell,” were the words of Abu Sufyan at the outset of Uthman’s caliphate. Muawiya’s words were even more frightening: “O’ Muslims, I did not fight you so that you may pray, fast, and perform the pilgrimage. I have fought you only to rule over you.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“By God, I ask you Zubayr, do you not remember when you were walking with the Prophet as he came to me that one day… he was holding on to your arm, and as he greeted me, he gave me a great smile and laugh. He then turned to you and said, ‘You will fight Ali and you will have oppressed him.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“How dare you! You used him up in his youth until he grew old, and now in his old age, unable to work, you neglect him and cut him off?” Ali reprimanded. His voice echoed across the busy stands of the marketplace. The bazaar went quiet. Everyone stopped. “Send word to the treasury and have this man’s needs met,” Ali commanded. Imam Ali would not leave the market until that elderly Christian man was cared for in every way.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“Do the same with everyone that comes to you – whether he is white or black.” Sahl ibn Honaif, a known aristocrat, objected, saying, “This man was my slave yesterday and I only freed him today.” Ali replied, “We will give him as we give you.”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love

“Ali turned to him and said, “Amr spat in my face just before I was to deliver the final blow to send him to his death. In that moment, my strike could have been to avenge my own pride. It would have been a strike of anger and in the heat of passion, it may have no longer been for the One God…”
― Jalal Moughania, Ali: The Elixir of Love