Mola Ali ibn e Abi Talib A.S.

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."

--- English historian Edward Gibbon

"In my view, ʿAlī was the first Arab to have contact with and converse with the universal soul. He died a martyr of his greatness, he died while prayer was between his two lips. The Arabs did not realise his value until appeared among their Persian neighbors some who knew the difference between gems and gravels"

--- Khalil Gibran

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"O people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a message from my Lord and I, in response to Allah's call, (would bid good-bye to you), but I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being the Book of Allah(Qur'an) in which there is right guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it. He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to the Book of Allah and then said: The second are the members of my household I remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family."

--- Hadith at Pond of Khumm, Sahih Bukhari, Vol 3, P 5920

Sayings of Mola Ali A.S.

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  “People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.”
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  “You [humans] think that you an insignificant, while there is a great universe contained in you.”
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  “Associate with people in such a manner, that they weep for you when you die and long for you if you are alive.”
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  "He who is deserted by friends and relatives will often find help and sympathy from strangers."
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  "One who does not realize his own value is condemned to utter failure. (Every kind of complex, superiority or inferiority is harmful to man)." 

21st Ramadan, 1431 Hijri 

“With him perished the truest hearted and best Muslim of whom Mohammadan history had preserved the remembrance.”

---Robert Durey Osborn (1835-1889) Major of the Bengal Staff Corps.

[Islam Under the Arabs, 1876, p. 120]