"Piety is the key to guidance, the provision for the afterlife, the freedom from every servitude, and the deliverance from every destruction." — Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 230

 "Piety is the key to guidance, the provision for the afterlife, the freedom from every servitude, and the deliverance from every destruction."

— Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 230

Arabic:
التَّقْوَى مِفْتَاحُ الْهُدَى، وَزَادُ الْمَعَادِ، وَعِتْقٌ مِنْ كُلِّ مَلَكَةٍ، وَنَجَاةٌ مِنْ كُلِّ هَلَكَةٍ.
— نهج البلاغة، الخطبة ٢٣٠