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Sayings, Sermons and Teachings of ʿAlī with the One Hundred Proverbs, attributed to al-Jāḥiẓ Al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī Translated by Tahera Qutbuddin A collection of teachings attributed to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, cousin and son-in-law of the

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