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(The position of) patience in faith is like that of the head in the body, and he who has no patience has no faith.

— Ali Zayn al-Abidin

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If people realize the value of science and knowledge, they will sacrifice themselves for earning it.

The dearest among you to God (the High), is the one whose deeds and behavior are better than others.

Anybody who performs his necessary duties that God has obliged him perform, he himself will be one of the best worshippers of all.

To what extent you can, avoid bad deeds, even if everybody takes you as the agent of bad deeds.

I assure (you) before my Lord, that he who begs without neediness, will some day begs out of neediness.

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