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In The Name Of God The Beneficent And The Merciful
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HAZRAT IMAM ALI SON OF ABU TALIB[A]

THE GREAT LEADER OF TRUTH, THE SHELTER FROM PAINS AND EMPEROR OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM
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Christian scholar George Geordac comments:

"There is nothing the in the United Nation Human Rights
declaration except that you would find its equivalent in
the constitution of Ali ibn Abi Taleb, but then you would
find in his constitution greater values and of higher essence."

Kofi Annan, the UN secretary states:

"The words of Ali ibn Abi Talib, ‘O Malik! The people are
either brothers in religion or your equal in creation’ must
be adhered to by all organisations and it is a statement
that all humanity must embrace."

Shebly Shmayyil, another Christian scholar states:

“Ali ibn Abi Talib is the leader and guide for mankind,
and the East and West has never seen anyone like him,
neither in the past nor in the present.

Philip Hitti
In his book history of the Arabs, assesses the character of Ali as follows:

"Valiant in battle, wise in counsel, eloquent in speech,
true to his friends, magnanimous to his foes, Ali became
both the paragon of Muslim nobility and chivalry, and the
Solomon of Arabic tradition around whose name, poems, proverbs,
sermonettes and anecdotes innumerable have clustered. He had a
swarthy complexion, large black eyes, bald head, thick and long
white beard, and was opulent and of medium stature. His saber
Zul Fiqar, wielded by the Prophet on the memorable battlefield
of Badr, has been immortalized in the words of the verse found
engraved on many medieval Arab records 'No sword can match Zhul
Fiqar, and young warrior can compare with Ali'. The later Fidayan
movement which developed ceremonies and insignia savoring of medieval
European chivalry and the modern scouts movement, took Ali for its
Father and model. Regarded as wise and brave by all the Islamic
world, as idealistic and exemplary by many Fidayan and Derwish
fraternities, as sinless and infallible by his partisans, and
even held to be the incarnation of the deity by the Ghulah (extremists)
among them, he whose worldly career was practically a failure, has
continued to exert a posthumous influence second only to that of
the Holy Prophet himself. The throngs of pilgrims that still stream to his
Mashhad at Najaf and to that of his Son Husain, the Shia arch-saint and
martyr at nearby Karbala, and the passion-play enacted annually on the
tenth of Mohurram throughout the Shia world testify to the possibility
that death may avail a Messiah more than life."

Jibran Khalil Jibran declares:

“Ali was killed in the alcove of his worship because of his intense justice”.

Professor Nicholson
In his book, A Literary History of the Arabs, Nicholson remarks as follows:

"Ali was a gallant warrior, a wise counselor, a true
friend and a generous foe. He excelled in piety and
in eloquence, his verses and sayings are famous
throughout the Muhammadan east, though few of them
can be considered authentic. He can be compared with
Montrose and Bayard in the fineness of spirit. He had no
talent for the stern realities of statecraft and was
overmatched by unscrupulous rivals who knew that war
is a game of deceit. Thus his career was in one sense
a failure; his authority as Caliph was never admitted
while he lived by the whole community. On the other hand
he has exerted down to the present day a posthumous influence
only second to that of Muhammad himself. Within a century
of his death he came to be regarded as the Prophet's
successor jure divine; as a blessed martyr, sinless
and infallible; and by some even as incarnation of God.
The Ali of Shiite legend is not a historical figure
glorified, rather does he symbolize in pure ethical
fashion the religious aspirations and political aims of
a large section of the Muslim world".

Thomas Carlyle
In his book, On Heroes and Hero Worship, Thomas Carlyle observes as follows:

"As for this young Ali, one cannot but like him.
A noble minded creature, as he shows himself, now and
always afterwards, full of affection, of fiery daring
something chivalrous in him, brave as a lion, yet with
a grace, a truth and affection worthy of Christian Knighthood.
He died by assassination in the mosque at Kufa, death
occasioned by his own generous fairness, confidence in
the fairness of others, he said: "if the wound proved not
unto death, they must pardon the assassin, but if it did,
they must slay him straightaway, so that they two in the
same hour might appear before God, and see which side of that
quarrel was the just one."

Ibn Athir
The great biographist held:

"Ali was the first caliph both of whose parents were pure
Hashimites. He was so judicial minded that he could not
put up with the dishonesty of his relative or friend. He
was so much engrossed in piety that at the time of his
marriage with Fatima, he did not possess anything save a
camel skin on which he fed his camels in the day, and which
he converted into a bed sheet at night. The Prophet in his table
talk has not extolled any one of his companions as much as he
has Ali. Surely, Ali never spoke a lie during his lifetime."

Syed Amir Ali
Syed Amir Ali has assessed the achievements of Ali in the following terms:

"His bravery won him the title of the "Lion of God", and
his learning that of the "Gate of Knowledge". Chivalrous,
humane, and forbearing to the verge of weakness as a ruler,
he came before his time. Ever ready to succor the weak,
and to redress the wrongs of the injured, the accounts of
his valorous deeds are recited with enthusiasm from the bazaars
in Cairo to those of Delhi. With his dying breath he inculcated
lessons of charity, love, humility and self-abnegation to his sons.
He expressly ordered them that no harshness should be shown towards
his murderer, who should be executed with one blow."

Edward Gibbon.
In the book Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire mentioned:

The zeal and virtue of Ali were never outstripped by any
recent proselyte. He united the qualifications of a poet,
a soldier, and a saint; his wisdom still breathes in a
collection of moral and religious sayings; and every
antagonist, in the combats of the tongue or of the sword,
was subdued by his eloquence and valour. From the first
hour of his mission to the last rites of his funeral, the
apostle was never forsaken by a generous friend, whom he
delighted to name his brother, his vicegerent, and the
faithful Aaron of a second Moses.

Robert Durey Osborn
In the book Islam Under Arabs:

With him perished the truest hearted and best Moslem
of whom Mohammadan history had preserved the remembrance

Gabriel Enkiri
In his book, 'Le Chevalier de Islam, says of Ali as follows :

"In the extremely superfine, grand and noble character
of Ali, there are two traits which it is difficult to
believe can be united in one man. Besides Ali, history
cannot show any other who has displayed these two qualities
at one and the same time, and each one in such a marked way,
that none could surpass him, and few could reach him. He
was the greatest marshal of his times (even of all times) and he
was the wisest man who could explain and expound upon religion,
philosophy, science, sociology, ethics, in a style that cannot
be improved upon. What is more, he was such a speaker that his
speeches enchant you even thirteen centuries after his death".

D. F. Karaka
After his visit to Najaf, remarked:

"I have visited and wondered at the marbled splendour of our Taj Mahal,
the tomb which Shah Jahan built for his Empress Mumtaz Mahal, but despite
its beauty, the Taj appears insipid in comparison with this splash of
colour at Najaf. The tomb surpassed anything I have seen in gorgeous
splendour. All the great kings of the world put together could not have
a tomb as magnificent as this, for this is the tribute which kings and
peasants have built together to enshrine the mortal remains of the great Ali."

To Conclude, Hazrat Ali [a] is a personality whose duplicate is hard to find.
The entire world and all the people respect his ideologies. He sowed the seeds
1400 years ago which over the years have grown into a great shelter from the
evils and vices of the world. He walked a path of Truth and encouraged brotherhood
and fraternity on earth. He was a person that came and worked for the entire
humanity and today his name recides in the hearts of millions. The real proof
of his success is that today, during the hardest times, people belonging to any
religion of community tend to say YA ALI MADAD.
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Aun Ali

{Lead by Example}