To secure for you fame, credit as well as blessings, the help that you give to men in need, should possess the following attributes: whatever its extent, it should be considered by you as trifling so that it may be granted a high status; it should be given secretly, God will manifest it; and it must be given immediately so that it becomes pleasant.

Some people praised Imam Ali on his face. He replied, 'God knows me very well and I also know myself more than you. Please, Lord ! make me better than what the…

Your society will pass through a period when cunning and crafty intriguers will be favoured by status, when profligates will be considered as well-bred, well-b…

Imam Ali heard somebody reciting the passage of the Holy Qur'an we belong to God and our return is towards Him, Imam Ali said, 'How true it is ! Our declaring …