Your sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it, and remedy id within you, but you not sense it.
You presume you are a small entity, but within you is enfolded the entire Universe.
You are indeed the evident book, by whose alphabet the hidden becomes manifest.
Therefore you have no need to look beyond yourself. What you seek is within you, if only you reflect.
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ReplyDeleteThis passage is from Sermon 1 of Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence), the classic collection of sermons, letters, and sayings of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib.
DeleteThe quote is part of the opening sermon, known as Al-Khutba Al-Qasi'a (The Sermon of Disparagement), where Imam Ali speaks about the creation of the universe and the nature of humanity.
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Author: Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (circa 601-661 CE)
Source: Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence)
Location: Sermon 1
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