WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:28:03 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Abi-Talib, Ali ibn – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Abi-Talib, Ali ibn -- Maxims of ‘Ali [tr. Akbar] https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/30262/ https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/30262/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:45:05 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=30262 Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering.


'Ali ibn Abi-Talib (602-661) Fourth Caliph
Maxims of ‘Ali [tr. Akbar] ]]> https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/30262/feed/ 0 30262 Abi-Talib, Ali ibn -- Maxims of ‘Ali [tr. Mualan Akbar] https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/29250/ https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/29250/#respond Wed, 06 May 2015 12:09:47 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=29250 One who praises you for qualities you lack, will next be found blaming you for faults not yours.


'Ali ibn Abi-Talib (602-661) Fourth Caliph
Maxims of ‘Ali [tr. Mualan Akbar] ]]> https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/29250/feed/ 0 29250 Abi-Talib, Ali ibn -- One Hundred Sayings [Sad Kalimah / Mi’at Kalimah] https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/1467/ https://wist.info/abi-talib-ali-ibn/1467/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1467 He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.


'Ali ibn Abi-Talib (602-661) Fourth Caliph
One Hundred Sayings [Sad Kalimah / Mi’at Kalimah]

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